Synonyms for painstaking
ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ kɪŋ, ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ-painstak·ing

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1. painstakingadjective

   Synonyms:
   careful, attentive, diligent, laborious

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1. conscientious, painstaking, scrupulousadjective

   characterized by extreme care and great effort

   "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

   Synonyms:
   conscientious, scrupulous

   Antonyms:
   careless

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1. painstakingadjective

   Synonyms:
   laborious, sedulous, diligent, industrious, careful, plodding, assiduous, strenuous, hard-working, persevering, sparing no pains

2. painstakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   labor, industry, assiduity, diligence, perseverance, careful toil, conscientious exertion

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1. painstakingadjective

   Synonyms:
   diligent, particular, precise, scrupulous

   Antonyms:
   slovenly, negligent

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1. List of paraphrases for "painstaking":

   arduous, laborious, strenuous, thorough, careful, tireless, hard, painful, meticulous, difficult

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1. Maria Montessori:

   There is in every child a painstaking teacher, so skilful that he obtains identical results in all children in all parts of the world. The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!

2. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook:

   Ukash's removal from the battlefield is a significant blow to al-Shabaab and reflects the painstaking work by our intelligence, military, and law enforcement professionals.

3. Barack Obama:

   It was a mind-set characterized by a preference for military action over diplomacy, a mind-set that put a premium on U.S. action over the painstaking work of building international consensus. A mind-set that exaggerated threats beyond what the intelligence supported.

4. Jennifer Kesse:

   Everyday there are active interviews and actions being taken to find the people responsible for taking Jenniferor the people with the information to piece it all together, it's painstaking work.

5. Sherlock Holmes:

   ...it's often mistaken to accept something as true merely because it's obvious. The truth is only arrived at by the painstaking process of eliminating the untrue.