conscientious
UK/ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs//ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/
conscientious adjective: thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
Adjective
conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious)
- Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
- Influenced by conscience; principled; 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 people.
- Synonyms:
- faithful
conscientious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
conscientious in Hindi
- conscientious, dutiful
- कर्तव्यनिष्ठ kartavyaniṣṭh
conscientious in Tamil
- மனச்சான்றுக்கு இம்மியும் மாறுபடாத, மனச்சான்றுக்குக் கட்டுப்பட்ட
conscientious in Urdu
- conscientious
- ایماندار īmāndār
conscientious in Bengali
- বিবেকবান, কর্তব্যপরায়ণ
More languagesFewer languages
- conscientious in Malayalam
- മനസ്സാക്ഷിയെ അനുസരിക്കുന്ന, നേരായ, സത്യസന്ധമായ
- conscientious in Kannada
- ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯ, ಸಯ್ದ, ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕವಾದ
- conscientious in Persian
- باوجدان bâvojdân, وظیفهشناس vazife-šenâs
Examples of conscientious in a sentence
- As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school.
- The community of Grafton is fortunate to be serviced by two conscientious local newspapers.
- Connie Morella, a skillful, conscientious politician, was ousted. . . .
Synonyms of conscientious
Antonyms
Forms of conscientious
| comparative | more conscientious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most conscientious |
Origin of conscientious
From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus. Its English equivalent could possibly be analyzed as conscient + -ous. See more at conscience.
Words formed from conscientious
Phrases with conscientious
Questions about conscientious
- What does conscientious mean?
- Conscientious means thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
- What is conscientious in Hindi?
- Conscientious in Hindi is कर्तव्यनिष्ठ (kartavyaniṣṭh). See Conscientious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is conscientious?
- Conscientious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce conscientious?
- Conscientious is pronounced /ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ (UK).
Words near conscientious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conscientious (page history and authors); कर्तव्यनिष्ठ (Hindi) (page history and authors); conscientious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ایماندار (Urdu) (page history and authors); Conscientious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conscientious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conscientious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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