'Diligent' definitions:
Definition of 'diligent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business" [syn: diligent, persevering]
adjective
Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files" [ant: negligent]
Definition of 'Diligent'
From: GCIDE
- Diligent \Dil"i*gent\, a. [F. diligent, L. diligens, -entis, p. pr. of diligere, dilectum, to esteem highly, prefer; di- = dis- + legere to choose. See Legend.]
- 1. Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent. [1913 Webster]
- The judges shall make diligent inquisition. --Deut. xix. 18. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious. [1913 Webster]
- Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings. --Prov. xxii. 29. [1913 Webster]
- Diligent cultivation of elegant literature. --Prescott.
- Syn: Active; assiduous; sedulous; laborious; persevering; attentive; industrious. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'diligent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- academic,
- advertent,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- ardent,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- aware,
- bookish,
- careful,
- concentrated,
- conscientious,
- conscious,
- constant,
- continuing,
- devoted to studies,
- dogged,
- donnish,
- dryasdust,
- earnest,
- elaborate,
- enduring,
- energetic,
- faithful,
- fervent,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- hard,
- hard-working,
- hardworking,
- heedful,
- immutable,
- inalterable,
- indefatigable,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- insistent,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- invincible,
- laborious,
- lasting,
- loyal,
- mandarin,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- never idle,
- never-tiring,
- nice,
- niggling,
- observant,
- observing,
- obstinate,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- operose,
- owlish,
- painstaking,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- pedantic,
- permanent,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- preoccupied,
- professorial,
- punctilious,
- rabbinic,
- rapt,
- regardful,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- scrupulous,
- sedulous,
- single-minded,
- sleepless,
- slogging,
- stable,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- strenuous,
- stubborn,
- studious,
- tenacious,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- tireless,
- unabating,
- unconquerable,
- undaunted,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unnodding,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unsleeping,
- unsparing,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- utterly attentive,
- vehement,
- watchful,
- weariless,
- zealous