scrupulous
scrupulous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
- 2.Given to making objections; captious. [Obs.] Equality of two domestic powers Breed scrupulous faction. Shak.
- 3.Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice. [Obs.] The justice of that cause ought to be evident; not obscrure, not scrupulous. Bacon. -- Scru"pu*lous*ly, adv. -- Scru"pu*lous*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aloof
- anal
- being
- belief
- believe
- censorious
- cynic
- cynical
- cynicism
- dainty
- deaf
- delicacy
- delicate
- difficult
- difficulty
- disbelieve
- disdain
- disposed
- distrust
- distrustful
- doubt
- ear
- epicure
- epicurism
- exacting
- faith
- fastidious
- finical
- finicky
- gift
- gourmet
- hard
- have
- heretic
- heterodox
- hold
- horse
- hypercritical
- hypercriticism
- ignore
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is scrupulous.
- What is careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties called?
- What is given to making objections; captious. [Obs.] Equality of two domestic powers Breed scrupulous faction. Shak called?
- What is liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice. [Obs.] The justice of that cause ought to be evident; not obscrure, not scrupulous. Bacon. -- Scru"pu*lous*ly, adv. -- Scru"pu*lous*ness, n called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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