Conscientious Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

: very careful about doing what you are supposed to do : concerned with doing something correctly She has always been a very conscientious worker. He was ... Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut conscientious adjective SaveWord con·​sci·​en·​tious |\ˌkän(t)-shē-ˈen(t)-shəs \ EssentialMeaningofconscientious :verycarefulaboutdoingwhatyouaresupposedtodo:concernedwithdoingsomethingcorrectly Shehasalwaysbeenaveryconscientiousworker.Hewasconscientiousaboutfollowingthedoctor'sorders. FullDefinitionofconscientious 1 :meticulous,careful aconscientiouslistener 2 :governedbyorconformingtothedictatesofconscience:scrupulous aconscientiouspublicservant OtherWordsfromconscientious Synonyms&Antonyms ChoosetheRightSynonym Didyouknow? MoreExampleSentences LearnMoreAboutconscientious OtherWordsfromconscientious conscientiously adverb Synonyms&Antonymsforconscientious Synonyms conscionable, ethical, honest, honorable, just, moral, principled, scrupulous Antonyms cutthroat, dishonest, dishonorable, immoral, unconscionable, unethical, unjust, unprincipled, unscrupulous VisittheThesaurusforMore  ChoosetheRightSynonymforconscientious upright,honest,just,conscientious,scrupulous,honorablemeanhavingorshowingastrictregardforwhatismorallyright.uprightimpliesastrictadherencetomoralprinciples. asternanduprightminister honeststressesadherencetosuchvirtuesastruthfulness,candor,orfairness. knownforbeinghonestinbusinessdealings juststressesconsciouschoiceandregularpracticeofwhatisrightorequitable. workersgivenjustcompensation conscientiousandscrupulousimplyanactivemoralsensegoverningallone'sactionsandpainstakingeffortstofollowone'sconscience. conscientiousinthecompletionofherassignments scrupulousincarryingoutthetermsofthewill honorablesuggestsafirmholdingtocodesofrightbehaviorandtheguidanceofahighsenseofhonorandduty. adifficultbuthonorabledecision Didyouknow? AccordingtoAmericanwriterandeditorH.L.Mencken,"Conscienceistheinnervoicewhichwarnsussomeonemaybelooking."Apersonwhoisconscientiousmakessurethatifothersarewatching,theylikewhattheysee."Conscience"and"conscientious"bothcomefromtheLatinverbconscire,awordthatmeans"tobeconscious"or"tobeconsciousofguilt"andthattracesbacktoastillolderLatinword,scire,meaning"toknow." ExamplesofconscientiousinaSentence Hewasagoodfriendtohiscomrades,aconscientiousleadermindfulofhismen'sneeds;anuprightfamilymanwithstrong,bright,proudchildren… —TomClancy,WithoutRemorse,1994 BecausePuckettwasaconscientiouslieutenant…hismendidnothavetostintontheirfire.Hehadmadesurethateverymanwascarryingabasicloadofammunitionandthensometospare… —NeilSheehan,ABrightShiningLie,1988 Hewasshiftyaboutmoneymatters,notconscientiousaboutreturningadvances,fulfillingcontracts,readingmanuscripts. —MonroeK.Spears,AmericanAmbitions,1987 Shehasalwaysbeenaveryconscientiousworker. Hewasconscientiousaboutfollowingthedoctor'sorders. SeeMore RecentExamplesontheWeb Forutilitiessuchaswaterandelectricthesemayvarymonthtomonthsobeingconscientiousofusageisnecessary. — MichaelLantz,Forbes,24Sep.2021 BailensonrecentlyspokewithQuartzaboutwhatthemetaverseis,thestateofmetaversetechnology,andwhythedevelopersofthemetaversecanbeconscientiousabouttheircarbonfootprint. — ScottNover,Quartz,3Nov.2021 ButTroupalsogot45requestsforreligiousexemptionsandhadtodisentanglethegenuineconscientiousobjectorsfromthoselookingforaproverbialfigleaf. — WashingtonPost,19Aug.2021 YetGeorgewastheepitomeofaconstitutionalmonarch,deeplyconscientiousaboutthelimitsofhispower. — AndrewRoberts,SmithsonianMagazine,23Oct.2021 DuringtheFirstWorldWar,theprisonheldconscientiousobjectors. — AnnaRussell,TheNewYorker,28Sep.2021 Butmanyconscientiousobjectorswhohadsimilarbeliefsdidnotfaresowell. — CharlesMccrary,TheNewRepublic,27Sep.2021 AndtheresponsestovaccinemandatesparallelthoseIand171,000conscientiousobjectorsfaced50yearsago. — ArthurL.Caplan,STAT,25Sep.2021 Theseexamplesentencesareselectedautomaticallyfromvariousonlinenewssourcestoreflectcurrentusageoftheword'conscientious.'ViewsexpressedintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionofMerriam-Websteroritseditors.Sendusfeedback. 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Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster MoreDefinitionsforconscientious conscientious adjective con·​sci·​en·​tious |\ˌkän-shē-ˈen-shəs \ KidsDefinitionofconscientious 1 :guidedbyoragreeingwithasenseofdoingwhatisright Noconscientiouspersonwouldstandforsuchunfairactions. 2 :usingordonewithcare conscientiousteachersconscientiousefforts MorefromMerriam-Websteronconscientious Nglish:TranslationofconscientiousforSpanishSpeakers BritannicaEnglish:TranslationofconscientiousforArabicSpeakers WORDOFTHEDAY benign SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary DifficultSpellingWordsQuiz Whichisthecorrectspelling? accommodate acommadate acommodate accomodate Canyouspellthese10commonlymisspelledwords? TAKETHEQUIZ Adailychallengeforcrosswordfanatics. TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! 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