ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsMmeticulous
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meticulous
Meaning: showing great attention to detail
meticulous in a sentence
How meticulous is used in real sentences:
His meticulous notes helped everyone study.
His meticulous notes helped everyone study.
“Chen, was meticulous, recording every degree of heat and every centimeter between a bulb and a canvas.”
— from the passage The Brightness Debate
Synonyms for meticulous
Other words for meticulous — thorough, precise and fastidious — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of meticulous
Words that mean the opposite of meticulous:
- careless
- sloppy
- negligent
Where it comes from
From Latin meticulosus 'fearful' (afraid of mistakes)
Memory hook
METICulous people are MATH-like in precision.
Practice meticulous in the app