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meticulous

adjectiveHigh-frequency wordMore M words

showing great attention to detail; very careful

Word origin: From Latin meticulosus, fearful, from metus, fear.

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In a sentence

Meticulous in a sentence

Here are example sentences showing meticulous in a sentence.

Her meticulous notes allowed others to reproduce the experiment exactly.

Her meticulous documentation of each specimen allowed later researchers to reconstruct the experiment without ambiguity.

Synonyms
thoroughscrupulouspainstakingprecise
Antonyms
carelesssloppynegligent
Usage & nuance

Using “meticulous” well

Meticulous praises extreme care and attention to detail, a positive term unlike fussy or pedantic. It suggests thoroughness rather than mere anxiety.

Common questions

Questions about “meticulous

Meticulous (adjective) means showing great attention to detail; very careful
Here is meticulous used in an example sentence: "Her meticulous notes allowed others to reproduce the experiment exactly." Another example: "Her meticulous documentation of each specimen allowed later researchers to reconstruct the experiment without ambiguity."
Common synonyms for meticulous include thorough, scrupulous, painstaking, precise.
Antonyms of meticulous include careless, sloppy, negligent.
Meticulous clusters with thorough, scrupulous, painstaking, and precise. Its antonyms careless, sloppy, and negligent frequently signal the opposite-sense answer.
Yes. Meticulous is a high-frequency GRE word, so it is worth prioritising as you build your vocabulary.

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