Need another word that means the same as “meticulous”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “meticulous” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Meticulous” are: punctilious, careful, conscientious, diligent, scrupulous, painstaking, demanding, exacting, accurate, correct
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “meticulous” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| accurate | Of an instrument or method capable of giving accurate information. The accounting was accurate. |
| careful | Cautiously attentive. Careful art restorers. |
| conscientious | Relating to a person’s conscience. Conscientious application to the work at hand. |
| correct | Correct in opinion or judgment. Correct behavior. |
| demanding | (of a task) requiring much skill or effort. A baby can be so demanding. |
| diligent | Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties. After diligent searching he found a parcel. |
| exacting | Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures. An exacting instructor. |
| painstaking | Characterized by extreme care and great effort. Painstaking research. |
| punctilious | Marked by precise accordance with details. Punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette. |
| scrupulous | Having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled. She s too scrupulous to have an affair with a married man. |
| assiduity | Great and constant diligence and attention. The assiduity with which he could wear down his opponents. |
| assiduous | Marked by care and persistent effort. Her assiduous attempts to learn French. |
| busy | Unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability engaged is a British term for a busy telephone line. The team members are busy raising money. |
| careful | Unhurried and with care and dignity. Careful of the rights of others. |
| conscientious | Guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong. Conscientious application to the work at hand. |
| detailed | (of a work of art) executed with many minor decorative features. More detailed information was needed. |
| diligence | Careful and persistent work or effort. His diligence won him quick promotions. |
| diligent | Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness. After diligent searching he found a parcel. |
| exact | Demand and obtain (something) from someone. An exact copy. |
| exacting | Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures. An exacting job. |
| exactitude | Care and attention to detail. He writes with exactitude and precision. |
| fastidious | Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness. Fastidious about personal cleanliness. |
| finicky | (of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements. A finicky eater. |
| fussy | Annoyed and irritable. I hate fussy clothes. |
| hardworking | Characterized by hard work and perseverance. |
| industrious | Working hard to promote an enterprise. An industrious people striving to make their country prosperous. |
| painstaking | Characterized by extreme care and great effort. Painstaking research. |
| painstakingly | With great care and thoroughness. The property has been painstakingly restored by its current owners. |
| pedantic | Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects. His analyses are careful and even painstaking but never pedantic. |
| picky | Exacting especially about details. They are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay. |
| plodding | Slow and laborious. A plodding comedy drama. |
| precise | (of a person) exact, accurate, and careful about details. A precise measurement. |
| priggish | Self-righteously moralistic and superior. A priggish little pedant. |
| prissy | Exaggeratedly proper. A middle class family with two prissy children. |
| puritanical | Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism. His puritanical parents saw any kind of pleasure as the road to damnation. |
| scrupulous | Characterized by extreme care and great effort. Less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance. |
| sedulous | Marked by care and persistent effort. He watched himself with the most sedulous care. |
| stickler | Someone who insists on something. I m a stickler when it comes to timekeeping. |
| studious | Spending a lot of time studying or reading. He was quiet and studious. |
| working | (of parts of a machine) moving and causing a machine to operate. Working with animals teaches patience. |
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