Thesaurus:meticulous

Thesaurus

meticulous

English

Adjective

Sense: with extreme care, precision, and attention to detail

Synonyms

• accurate
• careful
• comprehensive    [⇒ thesaurus]
• conscientious
• exhaustive
• fastidious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• groundly (archaic)
• in-depth
• intensive
• letter-perfect
• mindful
• minute
• particular
• polished
• precise
• painstaking
• punctilious
• rigorous
• root and branch
• scrupulous
• scrutinous
• sedulous
• strict
• thorough
• tight    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• automatic
• careless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cursory
• haphazard
• perfunctory
• slapdash
• slipshod
• sloppy
• superficial
• surface-level
• token
• unthinking
• thoughtless

Hypernyms

• careful

Various

• all-embracing
• all-encompassing
• all-inclusive

See also

• bureaucratic
• Thesaurus:fastidious
• Thesaurus:cautious
• Thesaurus:industrious

Further reading

• “868. fastidiousness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “meticulous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.