Synonyms for DILIGENT
ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəntdili·gent

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1. 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 awake

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Preposition:
   Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.

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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   persevering, diligent

   Antonyms:
   slack, derelict, impatient, delinquent, negligent, neglectful, lax, inattentive, hit-and-run(a), remiss

2. diligentadjective

   characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks

   "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"

   Synonyms:
   persevering

   Antonyms:
   lax, derelict, impatient, neglectful, inattentive, slack, delinquent, remiss, negligent, hit-and-run(a)

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1. 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

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1. diligentadjective

   Synonyms:
   sedulous, industrious, assiduous, persevering

   Antonyms:
   lazy

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1. List of paraphrases for "diligent":

   hardworking, assiduous, diligence, industrious, hard-working, expeditious

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How to use DILIGENT in a sentence?

1. Rebekah Koffler:

   They do their homework, that's the one thing that is very different from the way that we do things. We're just not nearly as diligent.

2. Ted Cruz:

   She has worked hard, won a diligent campaign.

3. Birmingham Police Department:

   Due to their diligent work a person of interest has been taken into custody. Charges are pending a review of the case by the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office. Because the charges are pending we will not be releasing any information on the individual in custody.

4. Andrew Ceresney:

   The SEC relies on the accuracy of the books and records of financial institutions and blue sheet data, oZ Management's inaccurate data had a substantial ripple effect that the SEC staff discovered through diligent investigative work.

5. Andy Roddick:

   I think he maximizes what he has. He goes to work every day, he's diligent, he treats it like a job and I wish more of the younger players kind of followed his lead of doing that.