Antonyms for studious
ˈstu di əs, ˈstyu-stu·dious

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1. studious

   Antonyms:
   co-literary, illiterate, idle, indulgent, careless, regardless, indifferent, inattentive, negligent, thoughtless

   Synonyms:
   literary, diligent, desirous, attentive, careful, thoughtful, assiduous, reflective

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1. studiousadjective

   marked by care and effort

   "made a studious attempt to fix the television set"

   Antonyms:
   careless, unscholarly

   Synonyms:
   bookish

2. bookish, studiousadjective

   characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading

   "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly, careless

   Synonyms:
   bookish

How to use studious in a sentence?

1. Montaigne:

   Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.

2. Midge Dector:

   Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action.

3. William Penn:

   Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.

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