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detail-oriented

ADJECTIVE
taking care about minute details
Synonyms
STRONGEST
careful precise thorough
STRONG
exact meticulous painstaking rigorous scrupulous strict
WEAK
diligent
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless imprecise
ADJECTIVE
excessively particular
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exacting fastidious finicky fussy nit-picking overparticular
STRONG
particular

Example Sentences

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He was known for being detail-oriented, but also fully attentive to the big picture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Enough time for a detail-oriented TV producer to spot that Salman, Pakistan's skipper, sported a kink in his collar.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Attorney Bruce Steiner had one client who was so detail-oriented that they put pictures of all their valuable items into their will.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

By Tuesday morning, Canada’s two-plus year tenure was over and the detail-oriented Faulkner found himself in charge of restoring some of the potency and swagger to an offense that has lacked it far too often.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023

I’m a detail-oriented person, and a baby is nothing if not a reservoir of details.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama