Painstaking

What do we mean by painstaking?

Acting with, showing, or involving great care and attention. synonym: meticulous. adjective

Attended by difficulties; arduous. adjective

The taking of pains; assiduous and careful labor. noun

That takes pains or trouble; characterized by close, careful, assiduous, or conscientious application or labor; industrious; laborious and careful: as, a painstaking person.

Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. adjective

The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance. noun

Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure. adjective

The application of careful and attentive effort. noun

Characterized by extreme care and great effort adjective

The application of careful and attentive effort.

Words that are spelled similarly to painstaking:
painstaking.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word painstaking:
laborious, methodical, craftsmanship, detail, meticulous, invaluable, thorough, restoration, accuracy, careful, precision, matched, observations, attention, reconstruction, investigation, drawings, brilliant, facts, process, effort, precise, efforts, editing, narrative, analysis, research, negotiations, technique, valuable, details, scholar, detailed, task, examination, herbert, painting, accurate, paint, craft, manner, printing, print, approach, animated, description, pieces, historian, preparation, work, animation, document, poems, historical, painted, search, desire, methods.

Words that rhyme with painstaking:
making, undertaking, groundbreaking, breathtaking, taking, decision making, breaking, baking, heartbreaking, shaking, raking, flaking, policymaking, handshaking, staking, waking, quaking, filmmaking, caking, mistaking, muckraking, rulemaking, matchmaking, faking, moneymaking, braking, forsaking, overtaking, earthshaking, printmaking, snaking, slaking, lawmaking, retaking, bookmaking, steelmaking, remaking, peacemaking, homemaking, dangerous undertaking, papermaking, dealmaking, dressmaking, moviemaking, maikong, glassmaking, lace making, lawbreaking, print making, picture taking, basketmaking, away king, birthday king, break ing, che kung, day king, decisionmaking, grey king, holloway king, j king, jake hung, k king, lake king, lei kung, make king, obey king, pay king, play king, profittaking, railway king, ray king, re king, say king, snake hung, snake king, spake king, take king, way king, wei qing.

Adjectives that are often used to describe painstaking:
much, most, such, infinite, great, more, little, same, own, utmost, careful, greatest, conscientious, usual, less, greater, hard, indefatigable, thorough, evident, slow, laborious, singular, painful, patient, considerable, honest, minute, persistent, customary, immense, equal, scholarly, scientific, intelligent, incessant, extreme, elaborate, wonderful, wonderfull, headed, chinese, methodical, tardy, least, assiduous, bitter, continuous, unlimited, extra, unnecessary, due, concealed, superfluous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective painstaking:
work, care, research, efforts, process, study, effort, analysis, attention, investigation, task, examination, search, accuracy, labor, studies, job, manner, investigations, preparation, thoroughness, researches, detail, methods, observation, observations, experiments, reading, review, method, student, precision, scholarship, collection, labour, assistance, scrutiny, reconstruction, inquiry, labors, procedure, industry, attempt, description, survey, writer, account, editing, historian, fidelity, scholar, hours, analyses, teacher, preparations, revision, technique, negotiations, application, craftsmanship, attempts, artist, help, fashion, criticism, exactness, consideration, devotion, craftsman, details, accumulation, endeavor, measurements, worker, skill, slowness, compilation, restoration, art, exactitude, planning, observer, comparison, diligence, procedures, piece, construction, steps, labours, workmanship, documentation, dissection.

Words that sound like painstaking:
painstaking, painstakingly, pennsauken, penn station, painting, panicking, pasting, partaking, peacemaking, penstock, pancaking.