diligent

Meaning

Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

Synonyms

industrious

assiduous

hardworking

persevering

active

painstaking

hard-working

studious

attentive

sedulous

busy

laborious

zealous

earnest

quick

careful

persistent

serious

keen

willing

lively

brave

practiced

clever

hard

strive

energetic

practised

heavy

honest

improving

indefatigable

make efforts

mindful

more serious

obedient

patient

pleased

plodding

proletarian

prompt

realize

resolute

sincere

skilful

skillful

smart

solemn

solicitous

speedy

steadfast

striving

thorough

tireless

toiling

tough

undeterred

undismayed

unyielding

valiant

watchful

witty

work hard

good

👍

be busy

make an effort

operose

be industrious

be energetic

making effort

not lazy

skilled in business

zealously active

be hard-working

be plodding

strong and agile

be active

hard working

accurate

agile

arduous

bookish

brisk

busyness

challenging

conscientious

conscionable

content

delighted

dextrous

dogged

doughty

dynamic

eager

efficient

emerging

exact

exacting

formidable

glad

grave

🪦

happy

😀

hardy

hasten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/

Etymology

From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of dīligō (“to love, esteem much”, literally “to choose, select”), from dī-, dis- (“apart”) + legō (“to choose”); see elect and select.