Synonyms of scruples

scruples 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of scruple

1

as in sprinklings

a very small amount

went about her business without even a scruple of suspicion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprinklings
• little
• hints
• glimmers
• splashes
• specks
• touches
• bits
• suspicions
• licks
• traces
• sparks
• shadows
• particles
• dabs
• shreds
• ounces
• shades
• crumbs
• smacks
• drams
• minimums
• handfuls
• driblets
• slivers
• rays
• streaks
• soupçons
• peanuts
• mites
• flecks
• strains
• bites
• nips
• spatters
• pinches
• smells
• aces
• smidgeons
• smidgens
• spots
• dashes
• smidgins
• smidges
• drops
• scintillas
• drops in the bucket
• tastes
• grains
• vestiges
• parts
• snaps
• semblances
• skoshes
• molecules
• doses
• minims
• syllables
• minima
• portions
• granules
• fragments
• dots
• atoms
• scraps
• motes
• iotas
• morsels
• nibbles
• jots
• patches
• whits
• sections
• handsful
• chips
• flakes
• flyspecks
• hoots
• shivers
• modicums
• nubbins
• smatterings
• shards
• splinters
• scatterings
• tittles
• tatters
• smatters
• shavings
• smithereens
• clippings
• parings
• shots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quantities
• masses
• loads
• piles
• bushels
• mountains
• lots
• heaps
• deals
• bundles
• buckets
• barrels
• rafts
• abundances
• messes
• gobs
• stacks
• scads
• oodles
• reams
• pecks
• wealths
• wads
• fistfuls
• boatloads
• volumes
• lashings
• excesses
• much
• embarrassments
• surpluses
• profusions
• superfluities
• potfuls
• lashins
• plenties
• passels
• overmuch
• overflows
• overages
• bonanzas
• slabs
• chunks
• lumps
• hunks
• surfeits
• oversupplies
• overabundances
• superabundances
• overkills

2

as in specks

a very small piece

left just a scruple of asparagus on the plate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• specks
• particles
• flecks
• scraps
• bits
• grains
• crumbs
• snippets
• mouthfuls
• patches
• molecules
• slivers
• atoms
• granules
• bites
• motes
• licks
• morsels
• fragments
• drops
• suspicions
• dribbles
• nuggets
• whispers
• traces
• flyspecks
• nubbins
• snips
• dashes
• fractions
• tastes
• pinches
• portions
• shreds
• shards
• tittles
• minims
• ounces
• sections
• halfpence
• parts
• touches
• streaks
• driblets
• nibbles
• mites
• strains
• chips
• nutshells
• tidbits
• flakes
• iotas
• titbits
• halfpennies
• splinters
• aces
• whits
• dabs
• spots
• shivers
• smidgeons
• smatters
• smidgens
• clippings
• ha'pennies
• smidgins
• smidges
• jots
• modicums
• haets
• kennings
• shavings
• parings
• smithereens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slabs
• quantities
• chunks
• lumps
• masses
• gobs
• volumes
• loads
• hunks
• piles
• mountains
• bushels
• deals
• heaps
• pots
• barrels
• buckets
• rafts
• abundances
• stacks
• scads
• wealths
• pecks
• profusions
• wads

scruples

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of scruple

as in doubts

an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do

the survey showed that many students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doubts
• qualms
• compunctions
• objections
• regrets
• misgivings
• guilts
• consciences
• remorses
• questions
• suspicions
• uncertainties
• skepticism
• reluctances
• reservations
• distrust
• mistrust
• indispositions
• remonstrances
• protests
• repentances
• misdoubts
• self-reproaches
• shames
• dubieties
• incertitudes
• demurs
• aversions
• contritions
• disinclinations
• penitences
• fusses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assurances
• convictions
• confidences
• certainties
• certitudes
• self-confidences
• aplombs

scruples

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of scruple

as in hesitates

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitates
• falters
• debates
• wabbles
• vacillates
• hangs back
• wavers
• balances
• dithers
• staggers
• pauses
• waits
• wobbles
• halts
• delays
• shilly-shallies
• sways
• lingers
• teeters
• hems
• haws
• procrastinates
• deliberates
• ponders
• chickens (out)
• dawdles
• backs down
• weighs
• hedges
• equivocates
• dallies
• waffles
• considers
• pussyfoots
• oscillates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dives (in)
• plunges (in)
• decides
• stirs
• advances
• continues
• budges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scruples

Noun

At this point in its history, the theory goes, the United States requires a willful and largely unaccountable power to impose changes that leaders with more delicate sensibilities and procedural scruples cannot ever accomplish. —Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025

This film for me is about morals and scruples and what people will do or won’t do for money. —Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025

Mitevska clearly has no such scruples. —Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025