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Synonyms for diligent
ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəntdili·gent
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
diligent
Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.
Synonyms:
active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.
Princeton's WordNet
diligent, perseveringadjective
quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
"a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business"
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perseveringAntonyms:
slack, derelict, impatient, delinquent, negligent, neglectful, lax, inattentive, hit-and-run(a), remissdiligentadjective
characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks
"a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"
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perseveringAntonyms:
lax, derelict, impatient, neglectful, inattentive, slack, delinquent, remiss, negligent, hit-and-run(a)
Dictionary of English Synonymes
diligentadjective
Synonyms:
assiduous, sedulous, industrious, active, busy, persevering, notable, hard-working, at work, diligently employed, busily engaged, up and stirring, busy as a bee, brisk as a bee
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
diligentadjective
Synonyms:
sedulous, industrious, assiduous, perseveringAntonyms:
lazy
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "diligent":
hardworking, assiduous, diligence, industrious, hard-working, expeditious
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#534 | mobile | |
#934 | quick | |
#954 | active | |
#1292 | ready | |
#2450 | alert | |
#4087 | busy | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#12285 | lively | |
#14373 | energetic | |
#17460 | diligence | |
#18495 | restless | |
#18644 | agile | |
#19156 | vigorous | |
#29634 | supple | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#30597 | diligent | |
#31151 | bustling | |
#44422 | nimble | |
#44535 | hardworking | |
#44884 | expeditious | |
#52872 | industrious | |
#64017 | spry | |
#91697 | sprightly | |
#93889 | persevering | |
#128863 | assiduous | |
#131319 | officious |
How to use diligent in a sentence?
I have 100 percent confidence in the staff that they're doing everything they're supposed to be doing, but I know that kids who are autistic are not necessarily going to want to wear a mask, i don't know if those kids' parents are vaccinated or are they as diligent about following the CDC guidelines as we are.
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
I do not know the password or recovery key, despite repeated and diligent searches, I have not been able to find them written down anywhere.
We take these kinds of brazen threats seriously, socialmedia cyberbullying, and hiding behind a keyboard will not protect someone from criminalprosecution. Our investigators are diligent in seeking individuals who mean to do harm to anybody,and I am grateful to them for ensuring the safety of myself, my wife, and all citizens of FultonCounty.
To accommodate our hybrid workforce, we have taken a diligent look at our real estate footprint in NYC and ensuring that our realty needs are in line with where our employees will be working.
Translations for diligent
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- مجتهدArabic
- прилежен, усърден, старателенBulgarian
- pilnýCzech
- diwydWelsh
- flittigDanish
- fleißig, arbeitsam, eifrigGerman
- επιμελήςGreek
- diligentaEsperanto
- diligenteSpanish
- huolellinen, tunnollinenFinnish
- industrieux, diligentFrench
- dèanadachScottish Gaelic
- חָרוּץHebrew
- मेहनतीHindi
- szorgalmasHungarian
- աշխատասերArmenian
- diligenteInterlingua
- rajinIndonesian
- diligentaIdo
- diligenteItalian
- חָרוּץHebrew
- 勤勉Japanese
- uzcītīgs, cītīgs, centīgsLatvian
- urupūMāori
- arbeidsomNorwegian
- vlijtig, toegewijd, ijverigDutch
- arbeidsamNorwegian Nynorsk
- flittig, iherdigNorwegian
- pilnyPolish
- diligentePortuguese
- harnicRomanian
- работящий, усердный, трудолюбивый, прилежныйRussian
- arbetsam, flitig, ihärdigSwedish
- விடாமுயற்சிTamil
- ขยันThai
- çalışkanTurkish
- میہنتیUrdu
- siêng năngVietnamese
- 勤奋Chinese
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