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. Adam Valdez:

   We do a lot of painstaking research into how real animals move, how their muscles and skin behave ... and then in the computer, we recreate all these things, an artist, like an animator, has to sit down and actually hand animate that eye, hand animate that face so that every little subtle nuance is represented.

2. Fox News/Allie Raffa -RRB- Collins:

   The engineers that were designing a lot of these things were not thinking Were going to preserve this forever for all of humankind, they were thinking about how to successfully get somebody to the moon. The team travels from Tampa to Cape Canaveral to document the dilapidated sites in painstaking detail in order to better understand the site layout, extent and condition. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP For every week they spend on the Space Coast recording data, Collins said they are in their lab for a month processing the information.

3. 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.

4. Ruby Roman:

   Ruby Roman grapes look big and red -- like a ruby. It's been a painstaking process to achieve that red color.

5. Dave Conlin:

   This kind of archaeological work is painstaking and difficult under any circumstances, but the physical conditions of this particular site — zero visibility, high currents and potential entanglements — made this an especially difficult shipwreck to work on.