It is not necessary to be meticulous.
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Meticulous
//mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs//
Synonyms for "meticulous" (201 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (100)
Adjective(28 words)
loyalmethodicalmicroscopicmindfulminutenarrownicenigglingobservantobservingokokayon the ballon the jobopen eyedopen-earedopen-eyedopenmouthedorderlyoverconscientious
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overscrupulouspainfulparticularpedanticperfectperfectionistperfectionisticpernicketypicayunepickypracticingpreciousprecisianprecisianisticprecisionistprecisionisticpriggishproperprudishpunctualpuristicpuritanicpuritanicalrefinedregardfulreligiousrightrigidruggedscientificscrutinizingselectivesensitiveseverespartanspartanicspecialspecificsqueamishsternstraightstraight-up-and-downstrictstringentsubtletender-consciencedthoroughtoughtrueunsparingwatchful
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 30 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- педантичен adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- щателен adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Catalan
2 entries- meticulós adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- minuciós adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 細緻 /细致 adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- 過細 /过细 adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Czech
3 entries- akurátní adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- pečlivý adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- puntíčkářský adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Danish
1 entries- minutiøs adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Dutch
4 entries- acribisch adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- angstvallig adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- meticuleus adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- scrupuleus adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Finnish
1 entries- huolellinen adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
French
2 entries- méticuleux adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- soigneux adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Galician
2 entries- meticuloso adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- minucioso adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
German
4 entries- akribisch adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- furchtsam adj (characterized by timid, fearful, overly cautious)
- minutiös adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- minuziös adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Greek
1 entries- επιμελής adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Hungarian
1 entries- aprólékos adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Indonesian
1 entries- teliti adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Italian
1 entries- meticoloso adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Japanese
2 entries- 几帳面な adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- 細部まで行き届いた adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- akribesch adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Macedonian
1 entries- акрибичен adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Māori
3 entries- mārehe adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- uhupoho adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- whakautiuti adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Norwegian
1 entries- omhyggelig adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Polish
2 entries- drobiazgowy adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- skrupulatny adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Portuguese
1 entries- meticuloso adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Romanian
1 entries- meticulos adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Russian
4 entries- въедливый adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- доскональный adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- дото́шный adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- педанти́чный adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- pongail adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Spanish
2 entries- meticuloso adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- minucioso adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Swedish
2 entries- minutiös adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- omsorgsfull adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Tagalog
1 entries- malambis adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Turkish
1 entries- titiz adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Ukrainian
3 entries- педанти́чний adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- рете́льний adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
- сумлі́нний adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tỉ mỉ adj (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
He's not a very meticulous guy.
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Tom is so meticulous about the food he eats.
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No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; am an attendant lord, one that will do to swell a progress, start a scene or two, advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, deferential, glad to be of use, politic, cautious, and meticulous; full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; at times, indeed, almost ridiculous— almost, at times, the Fool.
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