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meticulous

/mɨˈtɪkjuləs/
adjective
  1. Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.

    Similar: careful, painstaking, precise, rigorous, scrupulous

  2. Timid, fearful, overly cautious.

Synonymscareful, painstaking, precise, rigorous, scrupulous
Antonymsaggressive, carefree, careless, slapdash, sloppy

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