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conscientious

/ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
con-sci-en-tious
IPA
/ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

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).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus. Its English equivalent could possibly be analyzed as conscient + -ous. See more at conscience.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/
  • British English: /ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/

Inflected Forms

more conscientious (comparative) most conscientious (superlative)

Derived Forms

conscientiously conscientiousness hyperconscientious nonconscientious overconscientious ultraconscientious unconscientious

Phrases

conscientious objection conscientious objector

Frequently Paired Words

conscience

Synonyms

faithful painstaking scrupulous

Antonyms

capricious impulsive thoughtless

Rhymes With

contentious pretentious unpretentious tendentious

Questions

How do you pronounce conscientious?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/.
What does conscientious mean?
Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
Where does conscientious come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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