painstaking

The word “painstaking” has 3 syllables: pain-stak-ing.

It's pronounced as /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/.


What is synonym and antonym for painstaking?

In the thesaurus, “painstaking” has 13 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for painstaking along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for painstaking

  • assiduous
  • careful
  • conscientious
  • diligent
  • earnest
  • effort
  • exacting
  • loving
  • meticulous
  • pains
  • persistence
  • scrupulous
  • strenuous

Antonyms for painstaking

  • careless
  • carelessness
  • cursory
  • halfhearted
  • inattentive
  • lazy
  • lethargic
  • negligence
  • negligent
  • regardless
  • slipshod
  • thoughtless
  • uncareful
  • unconcerned
  • unenthusiastic
  • unscrupulous

Meanings of painstaking

  • noun
    1. The application of careful and attentive effort.
  • adjective
    1. Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure.

Example Sentences

  • She conducted a painstaking analysis of the data to ensure accuracy.
  • The artist's work was a painstaking masterpiece, with every detail meticulously crafted.
  • The restoration of the ancient artifact required years of painstaking effort by archaeologists.
  • The chef's recipe involved a painstaking process of measuring and blending ingredients.
  • Writing a novel requires painstaking attention to character development and plot structure.

On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to painstaking, such as: assiduous, careful, careless, carelessness, conscientious, cursory, diligent.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

earnestly

  • ardently
  • attentively
  • candidly
  • conscientiously
  • continuously
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efficiently

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effortfulness

laborious

  • arduous
  • assiduous
  • backbreaking
  • burdensome
  • busy
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  • difficult
  • diligent
  • employed
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  • painstaking
  • rigorous
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laboriously

  • actively
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  • assiduously
  • continuously
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  • diligently
  • doggedly
  • eagerly
  • hard
  • industriously
  • intensely
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  • intently
  • painstakingly
  • purposefully
  • resolutely
  • sedulously
  • slavishly
  • strenuously

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