Dictionary

conscientious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ (US)
• /ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ (UK)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
   • He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
2. 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.

Forms

Antonyms

thoughtless · impulsive · capricious

Deriveds

overconscientious · conscientious objection · conscientiously · nonconscientious · unconscientious · conscientious objector · hyperconscientious · conscientiousness · ultraconscientious

Relateds

conscience

Synonyms

faithful

Translations (56)

ru созна́тельный (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · nn samvitsfull (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · hu lelkiismeretes (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · fi tunnollinen (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · nb samvittighetsfull (influenced by conscience) · de gewissenhaft (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · pl skrupulatny (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · nl consciëntieus (influenced by conscience) · ro conștiincios (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · eo konscienca (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · cmn 投入的 (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · fi tunnontarkka (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · uk сумлі́нний (influenced by conscience) · nl zorgvuldig (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · bg добросъвестен (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · fa وظیفهشناس (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · sh са́вјестан (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · ru добросо́вестный (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · es concienzudo (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · ru че́стный (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · it coscienzioso (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · nl consciëntieus (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · el ευσυνείδητος (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · de Gewissens- (influenced by conscience) · sh sávestan (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · mi urupū (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · uk сумлі́нний (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · sv samvetsöm (influenced by conscience) · nn samvitsfull (influenced by conscience) · scn cuscinziusu (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · sv samvetsgrann (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · fa باوجدان (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · sh са́вестан (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · uk добросо́вісний (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · nb samvittighetsfull (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · cs svědomitý (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · pt consciencioso (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · pl sumienny (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · nl nauwgezet (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · nl plichtsbewust (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · fr consciencieux (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · bg съвестен (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · uk добросо́вісний (influenced by conscience) · de dem Gewissen verpflichtet (influenced by conscience) · da samvittighedsfuld (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · sh sávjestan (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · da pligtopfyldende (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · lv apzinīgi (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · is samviskusamur (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · bg съзнателен (influenced by conscience) · grc εὐσυνείδητος (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · nl gewetensvol (influenced by conscience) · sv plikttrogen (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · la pius (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · cmn 认真的 (thorough, careful, or vigilant) · de auf dem Gewissen beruhend (influenced by conscience)