Though Alfred is scrupulous in fulfilling his duties at work, he is less conscientious about his obligations at home.
Source: tatoeba (1985)
Scrupulous
//ˈskɹuː.pjə.ləs//
Synonyms for "scrupulous" (207 found)
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Related words (103)
Adjective(19 words)
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3 entriesderived from
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5 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- добросъвествн adj (having principles)
- съвестен adj (meticulous)
- щателен adj (meticulous)
Czech
1 entries- skrupulózní adj (having scruples)
Danish
2 entries- omhyggelig adj (meticulous)
- samvittighedsfuld adj (having scruples)
Dutch
3 entries- angstvallig adj (meticulous)
- meticuleus adj (meticulous)
- scrupuleus adj (meticulous)
Galician
1 entries- escrupuloso adj (meticulous)
German
3 entries- gewissenhaft adj (having principles)
- gründlich adj (meticulous)
- sorgfältig adj (meticulous)
Icelandic
1 entries- grandvar adj (meticulous)
Italian
3 entries- accurato adj (meticulous)
- coscienzioso adj (meticulous)
- meticoloso adj (meticulous)
Kazakh
2 entries- мұқият adj (meticulous)
- ұқыпты adj (meticulous)
Latin
1 entries- scrūpulōsus adj (meticulous)
Māori
4 entries- mōteatea adj (having scruples)
- pohopā adj (having scruples)
- rikarika adj (meticulous)
- rikarika adj (having scruples)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- grundig adj (meticulous)
- nøye adj (meticulous)
- omhyggelig adj (meticulous)
- prinsippfast adj (having principles)
Polish
4 entries- drobiazgowy adj (meticulous)
- mający skrupuły adj (having scruples)
- skrupulatny adj (meticulous)
- zasadniczy adj (having principles)
Portuguese
1 entries- escrupuloso adj (meticulous)
Russian
4 entries- добросовестный adj (having scruples)
- доскональный adj (meticulous)
- порядочный adj (having scruples)
- скрупулёзный adj (meticulous)
Sicilian
4 entries- cuscinziusu adj (meticulous)
- cuscinziusu adj (having scruples)
- cuscinziusu adj (having principles)
- minuzziusu adj (meticulous)
Swedish
4 entries- betänksam adj (meticulous)
- försiktig adj (meticulous)
- grundlig adj (meticulous)
- noggrann adj (meticulous)
Ukrainian
3 entries- добросо́вісний adj (having scruples)
- скрупульо́зний adj (meticulous)
- сумлі́нний adj (having scruples)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom is scrupulous in matters of business.
Source: tatoeba (37125)
You can see that the architect paid scrupulous attention to detail.
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He is scrupulous in matters of business.
Source: tatoeba (8474793)
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