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Synonyms for diligence
ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəns; Fr. di liˈʒɑ̃s; -dʒən sɪz; Fr. -ˈʒɑ̃sdili·gence

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. diligence

    Industry is the quality, action, or habit of earnest, steady, and continued attention or devotion to any useful or productive work or task, manual or mental. Assiduity (Latin ad, to, and sedeo, sit), as the etymology suggests, sits down to a task until it is done. Diligence (Latin diligo, love, choose) invests more effort and exertion, with love of the work or deep interest in its accomplishment; application (Latin ad, to, and plico, fold) bends to its work and concentrates all one's powers upon it with utmost intensity; hence, application can hardly be as unremitting as assiduity. Constancy is a steady devotion of heart and principle. Patience works on in spite of annoyances; perseverance overcomes hindrances and difficulties; persistence strives relentlessly against opposition; persistence has very frequently an unfavorable meaning, implying that one persists in spite of considerations that should induce him to desist. Industry is diligence applied to some avocation, business, or profession. Labor and pains refer to the exertions of the worker and the tax upon him, while assiduity, perseverance, etc., refer to his continuance in the work.

    Synonyms:
    application, assiduity, attention, constancy, effort, exertion, industry, intentness, labor, pains, patience, perseverance, persistence, sedulousness

    Antonyms:
    changeableness, fickleness, idleness, inattention, inconstancy, indolence, neglect, negligence, remissness, sloth

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 2 votes

  1. diligence

    Synonyms:
    care, assiduity, attention, application, heed, industry

    Antonyms:
    indifference, carelessness, neglect, inattention, heedlessness, desultoriness, inertness, idleness

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. diligencenoun

    conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation

    Synonyms:
    industriousness, industry, application

  2. diligence, industriousness, industrynoun

    persevering determination to perform a task

    "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"

    Synonyms:
    industriousness, manufacture, industry, application

  3. application, diligencenoun

    a diligent effort

    "it is a job requiring serious application"

    Synonyms:
    application, applications programme, practical application, industriousness, application program, covering, industry, coating, lotion

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. diligencenoun

    Synonyms:
    assiduity (in some specific pursuit), assiduousness, activity, sedulousness, perseverance, INDUSTRY, steady application (to some pursuit that one likes)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. diligencenoun

    Synonyms:
    assiduity, sedulousness, sedulity, perseverance, stagecoach (France)

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "diligence":

    stagecoach, diligent, care, zeal, pre-audit, démarche, keenness

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How to use diligence in a sentence?

  1. Ralph Eschwege:

    My concern at the moment is a lack of diligence in 2008 by a number of individuals. I don't want to have a similar thing occurring in 2019 when we merge with Asda.

  2. Abigail Adams:

    Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

  3. Erin Murphy:

    Businesses are going to look for more, they still have to conduct extensive due diligence, not just on reputational concerns but also whether or not who they're dealing with is blocked.

  4. Menander:

    He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

  5. Richard Neal:

    We are doing our due diligence, i don't have a timeline.


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