Thesaurus:meticulous

Thesaurus:meticulous

THESAURUS

meticulous

English

Synonyms

• accurate

• comprehensive    [WS]

• conscientious

• exhaustive

• groundly (archaic)

• in-depth

• intensive

• letter-perfect

• meticulous

• minute

• particular

• polished

• precise

• painstaking

• punctilious

• rigorous

• root and branch

• scrupulous

• scrutinous

• sedulous

• strict

• thorough

• tight    [WS]

Antonyms

• automatic

• careless    [WS]

• cursory

• haphazard

• perfunctory

• slapdash

• slipshod

• sloppy

• token

• unthinking

• thoughtless

Hypernyms

• careful

Various

• all-embracing

• all-encompassing

• all-inclusive

See also

• Thesaurus:fastidious
• Thesaurus:cautious
• Thesaurus:industrious

Further reading

• “868. fastidiousness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “meticulous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.