conscientious UK /ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/US /ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ adjective2 •Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker. •Influenced by conscience; principled; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).The advice of wise and conscientious people. formsmore conscientious · most conscientious