<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.</li><li><strong>Synonyms</strong>: ethical, moral, upright, honest, conscientious.</li><li>Punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous attention to detail in their performance.</li><li><strong>Synonyms</strong>: rigorous, exacting, circumspect, cautious, thorough, meticulous, careful.</li><li><strong>Antonyms</strong>: careless.</li></ul>