English adjective: conscientious | |||
1. | conscientious characterized by extreme care and great effort | ||
Samples | Conscientious application to the work at hand. Painstaking research. Scrupulous attention to details. | ||
Synonyms | painstaking, scrupulous | ||
Similar | careful | ||
Antonyms | careless | ||
2. | conscientious guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong | ||
Samples | A conscientious decision to speak out about injustice. | ||
Antonyms | unconscientious | ||