diligent

Meaning

Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

Synonyms

industrious

assiduous

hardworking

persevering

painstaking

active

hard-working

studious

sedulous

attentive

busy

earnest

laborious

zealous

quick

careful

keen

willing

serious

persistent

energetic

lively

brave

hard

strive

clever

practiced

practised

exacting

exact

emerging

challenging

efficient

busyness

eager

make efforts

dynamic

arduous

accurate

doughty

dogged

brisk

indefatigable

improving

dextrous

honest

heavy

mindful

more serious

delighted

Translations

diligente

fleißig

diligente

vlijtig

assidu

ijverig

diligent

diligente

naarstig

laborieux

nijver

emsig

diligent

appliqué

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: diligent

In summary

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.