PAINSTAKING Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈpān-ˌstā-kiŋ

Definition of painstaking

as in meticulous

taking, showing, or involving great care and effort she was always painstaking about her work

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painstaking

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noun

as in effort

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Recent Examples of painstaking

Adjective

Barely an hour from the famed Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap, deminers with South Korean, Swiss and American flags on their uniforms and helmets, recently inched through a minefield, clearing the land one painstaking step at a time. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 Here, Ruscio takes Deadline inside the design of The Pitt, from its pediatric and waiting rooms to the painstaking details that make the emergency department feel lived-in and real. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 And like any foundational infrastructure, extracting true, durable productivity contributions demands significant capital expenditure, painstaking organizational restructuring and time. — Ivan Illan, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 This season is filled with last minute shopping, new routines and the painstaking transition from being up all night to early morning alarms once again. — Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for painstaking

Recent Examples of Synonyms for painstaking

Adjective

This discovery highlights the crucial need for meticulous AI persona creation to prevent skewed data.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Plan Your Route Remote 4x4 travel in Iceland requires meticulous logistical planning.

— Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of meticulous

Noun

Its architecture could contribute to future efforts involving inexpensive rockets produced in much larger quantities.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Poor Anton has been left out of the drama all day, an effort by Billie and Samir to prevent an already bad futzing from escalating to something severe, and that’s never where Anton likes to be.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of effort

Noun

In cases that are considered to be too severe — such as when a pregnant woman at the center began experiencing labor pains — those individuals are airlifted to a nearby hospital.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
California has taken pains to eliminate coal as a source of electricity, and this would be the first coal export terminal in California — or anywhere on the West Coast.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of pains

Adjective

This focus on elevated yet conscientious materials is reflected in designers’ latest choices.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Less so is the fact that more vulnerabilities are being discovered by bounty hunters assisted by AI tools, leaving Google fighting a battle to patch them before less conscientious hackers find them and put them to criminal use.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of conscientious

Noun

Security teams should prioritize execution paths where code can access secrets, create persistence or make system changes, then apply pre-execution controls that can stop or constrain artifacts when their behavior falls outside policy.

— Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Hoban says she’s learned that bringing the vintage toys back to life often requires patience, persistence and a little imagination.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of persistence

Adjective

More recently, diligent and passionate biologists, chemists, and experts from other disciplines have used technology for contemporary experiments that reveal a spectrum of plant consciousness.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
Dark circles happen, acne pops up, and dark spots can even appear despite diligent sunscreen use.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026