conscientious

English

Etymology

From Middle French conscientieux

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/

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Adjective

conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious)

1. Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.

   He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.

Antonyms

• capricious
• impulsive

Derived terms

• conscientiously
• conscientiousness
• conscientious objector

Related terms

• conscience

Translations

thorough, careful, or vigilant

• Bulgarian: добросъвестен (bg) (dobrosǎvesten)
• Czech: svědomitý
• Danish: samvittighedsfuld, pligtopfyldende
• Finnish: tunnollinen (fi), tunnontarkka
• French: consciencieux (fr)
• German: gewissenhaft (de)
• Icelandic: samviskusamur
• Italian: coscienzioso, acribia (it) f

• Latvian: apzinīgi
• Polish: skrupulatny m, sumienny m
• Russian: добросовестный (ru) (dobrosóv'estnyj), сознательный (ru) (soznát'el'nyj), честный (ru) (čéstnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: (Ekavian) са́вестан, (Ijekavian) са́вјестан

  Roman: (Ekavian) sávestan, (Ijekavian) sávjestan

• Swedish: samvetsgrann, plikttrogen (sv)

External links

• conscientious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• conscientious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “vigilance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.