SCRUPULOUSNESS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

scrupulousness

noun

Definition of scrupulousness

as in carefulness

strict attentiveness to what one is doing the admirable scrupulousness with which they performed every step of the experiment

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Noun

This carefulness is clearly strategic.

— Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
There was no carefulness in it.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 1 May 2026

Definition of carefulness

Noun

Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang’s short stories feel like thought experiments, each considered with exceptional meticulousness and integrity.

— Chloe Benjamain, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
In their Los Angeles studio, a team of artisans meticulously handcrafts each piece in solid 14k gold, with an emphasis on quality and meticulousness.

— Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of meticulousness

Noun

Your attention to detail isn’t excessive when the numbers affect your security.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
The later exposure windows produced more noticeable effects on sleep and next-day performance, including measures of attention, movement and dart-throwing accuracy.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of attention

Noun

The background of the film is the budget slashes that are happening in this sector all over the Western world, as the government withdraws its own form of care.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
As the trend scales, expect a wave of clinician response videos and possibly product warnings from foot-care brands.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of care

Noun

But Newcastle generally lacked precision and urgency in attack.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Rarely has a film so resourcefully evoked the transportive but decidedly analog thrill of reading; rarely has the warmly musty smell of research libraries and archives somehow wafted with such sense-memory precision off a cinema screen.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of precision

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