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Synonyms for punctilious
pʌŋkˈtɪl i əs
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Princeton's WordNet
meticulous, punctilious(adj)
marked by precise accordance with details
"meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"
Synonyms:
meticulousAntonyms:
imprecise
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
punctilious
Synonyms:
ceremonious, nice, scrupulous, exact, particular, excessively nice, over scrupulous, preciseAntonyms:
unceremonious, unscrupulous
Dictionary of English Synonymes
punctilious(a.)
Synonyms:
nice, exact, particular, precise, scrupulous, over-scrupulous, punctual
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#1113 | particular | |
#1157 | nice | |
#3402 | exact | |
#7489 | precise | |
#35141 | meticulous | |
#74927 | scrupulous | |
#231105 | ceremonious | |
#239044 | punctilious |
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.
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