What are some opposite words for punctilious?
Antonyms for punctilious
pʌŋkˈtɪl i əspunc·til·ious
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term punctilious.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
punctilious
Antonyms:
unceremonious, unscrupulousSynonyms:
ceremonious, nice, scrupulous, exact, particular, excessively nice, over scrupulous, precise
Princeton's WordNet
meticulous, punctiliousadjective
marked by precise accordance with details
"meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"
Antonyms:
impreciseSynonyms:
meticulous
How to use punctilious in a sentence?
His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #40826 | unscrupulous | |
| #53910 | imprecise | |
| #239044 | punctilious | |
| #260601 | unceremonious |
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