conscientious

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌkɒnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
• (America) IPA: /ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/

Adjective

conscientious

1. Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance.

   He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.

2. Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).

   The advice of wise and conscientious women.

Antonyms

• capricious
• impulsive

Related terms

• conscience

Translations

• French: consciencieux
• German: gewissenhaft
• Italian: coscienzioso, coscienzioso
• Portuguese: consciencioso
• Russian: добросо́вестный
• Spanish: concienzudo

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