Synonyms of scruples

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noun (1)

plural of scruple

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as in sprinklings

a very small amount

went about her business without even a scruple of suspicion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprinklings
• little
• hints
• glimmers
• splashes
• specks
• touches
• bits
• suspicions
• licks
• traces
• sparks
• shadows
• particles
• dabs
• shreds
• ounces
• shades
• crumbs
• smacks
• drams
• minimums
• handfuls
• driblets
• slivers
• rays
• streaks
• soupçons
• peanuts
• mites
• flecks
• strains
• bites
• nips
• spatters
• pinches
• smells
• aces
• smidgeons
• smidgens
• spots
• dashes
• smidgins
• smidges
• drops
• scintillas
• drops in the bucket
• tastes
• grains
• vestiges
• parts
• snaps
• semblances
• skoshes
• molecules
• doses
• minims
• syllables
• minima
• portions
• granules
• fragments
• dots
• atoms
• scraps
• motes
• iotas
• morsels
• nibbles
• jots
• patches
• whits
• sections
• handsful
• chips
• flakes
• flyspecks
• hoots
• shivers
• modicums
• nubbins
• smatterings
• shards
• splinters
• scatterings
• tittles
• tatters
• smatters
• shavings
• smithereens
• clippings
• parings
• shots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quantities
• masses
• loads
• piles
• bushels
• mountains
• lots
• heaps
• deals
• bundles
• buckets
• barrels
• rafts
• abundances
• messes
• gobs
• stacks
• scads
• oodles
• reams
• pecks
• wealths
• wads
• fistfuls
• boatloads
• volumes
• lashings
• excesses
• much
• embarrassments
• surpluses
• profusions
• superfluities
• potfuls
• lashins
• plenties
• passels
• overmuch
• overflows
• overages
• bonanzas
• slabs
• chunks
• lumps
• hunks
• surfeits
• oversupplies
• overabundances
• superabundances
• overkills

2

as in specks

a very small piece

left just a scruple of asparagus on the plate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• specks
• particles
• flecks
• scraps
• bits
• grains
• crumbs
• snippets
• mouthfuls
• patches
• molecules
• slivers
• atoms
• granules
• bites
• motes
• licks
• morsels
• fragments
• drops
• suspicions
• dribbles
• nuggets
• whispers
• traces
• flyspecks
• nubbins
• snips
• dashes
• fractions
• tastes
• pinches
• portions
• shreds
• shards
• tittles
• minims
• ounces
• sections
• halfpence
• parts
• touches
• streaks
• driblets
• nibbles
• mites
• strains
• chips
• nutshells
• tidbits
• flakes
• iotas
• titbits
• halfpennies
• splinters
• aces
• whits
• dabs
• spots
• shivers
• smidgeons
• smatters
• smidgens
• clippings
• ha'pennies
• smidgins
• smidges
• jots
• modicums
• haets
• kennings
• shavings
• parings
• smithereens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slabs
• quantities
• chunks
• lumps
• masses
• gobs
• volumes
• loads
• hunks
• piles
• mountains
• bushels
• deals
• heaps
• pots
• barrels
• buckets
• rafts
• abundances
• stacks
• scads
• wealths
• pecks
• profusions
• wads

scruples

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noun (2)

plural of scruple

as in doubts

an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do

the survey showed that many students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doubts
• qualms
• compunctions
• objections
• regrets
• misgivings
• guilts
• consciences
• remorses
• questions
• suspicions
• uncertainties
• skepticism
• reluctances
• reservations
• distrust
• mistrust
• indispositions
• remonstrances
• protests
• repentances
• misdoubts
• self-reproaches
• shames
• dubieties
• incertitudes
• demurs
• aversions
• contritions
• disinclinations
• penitences
• fusses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assurances
• convictions
• confidences
• certainties
• certitudes
• self-confidences
• aplombs

scruples

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verb

present tense third-person singular of scruple

as in hesitates

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitates
• falters
• debates
• wabbles
• vacillates
• hangs back
• wavers
• balances
• dithers
• staggers
• pauses
• waits
• wobbles
• halts
• delays
• shilly-shallies
• sways
• lingers
• teeters
• hems
• haws
• procrastinates
• deliberates
• ponders
• chickens (out)
• dawdles
• backs down
• weighs
• hedges
• equivocates
• dallies
• waffles
• considers
• pussyfoots
• oscillates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dives (in)
• plunges (in)
• decides
• stirs
• advances
• continues
• budges