conscientious
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
characterized by extreme care and great effort
conscientious application to the work at hand
Related & opposite
- painstakingness derivation
- meticulousness derivation
- careful similar to
Sense 2 adjective
guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice
Related & opposite
- unconscientious antonym
- conscience derivation
- conscientiousness derivation
- conscience derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | painstakingness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | meticulousness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | careful |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unconscientious |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conscience |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conscientiousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conscience |