Meticulousness: meaning, example and synonyms
Meticulousnessn. Extreme care and precision in attending to every detail.
Example
The archivist's meticulousness showed in her catalog, where every faded letter was dated, measured, and cross-referenced to earlier inventories.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Synonyms
- thoroughness, precision, scrupulousness, fastidiousness
- Antonyms
- carelessness, sloppiness, negligence
- Memory tip
- Latin metus (fear): such care it's as if you fear any error.
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Check yourself: Meticulousness in context
The forger was caught not through carelessness but through excessive ______: every signature was traced so precisely that experts noticed none showed the small variations of a real hand.
Answer: meticulousness. Tracing every signature with extreme precision is meticulousness. Synergy (combined effect), reciprocity (mutual exchange) and candor (frankness) don't fit this context.
The surgeon's ______ was legendary among residents; she counted every instrument twice, reviewed each chart line by line, and rehearsed complex procedures the night before.
Answer: meticulousness. Double-checking every instrument and chart shows meticulousness. Incongruity (mismatch), reciprocity (mutual exchange) and synergy (combined effect) don't fit this context.