conscientious

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus. Its English equivalent could possibly be analyzed as conscient +‎ -ous. See more at conscience. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ === Adjective === conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious) Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking. Influenced by conscience; principled; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person). Synonym: faithful ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “conscientious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “conscientious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “vigilance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.