Definition for Diligent:

• Showing or acting with industry; persevering; painstaking.

Synonyms for Diligent:

• adj.

  •active (adjective)
  • lively,
  • quick.
  •attentive (adjective)
  • concerned,
  • Immersed,
  • entranced,
  • Scrutinizing,
  • fascinated,
  • responsible,
  • absorbed,
  • Concentrating,
  • sharp,
  • enraptured,
  • Hearkening,
  • Considering,
  • interested.
  •businesslike (adjective)
  • workaday.
  •fastidious (adjective)
  • discerning,
  • accurate,
  • delicate,
  • flawless,
  • persnickety,
  • demanding,
  • squeamish,
  • severe,
  • correct,
  • discriminating,
  • exacting,
  • mincing,
  • choosy,
  • dainty,
  • epicurean,
  • fastidious,
  • hypercritical,
  • perspicacious,
  • picky,
  • prudish,
  • Qualmish,
  • critical,
  • proper,
  • prim,
  • fussy,
  • literal,
  • particular,
  • priggish.
  •persevering, hard-working (adjective)
  • grind,
  • eager,
  • occupied,
  • eager beaver.
  •resolute (adjective)
  • reliable,
  • steely,
  • committed,
  • deliberate,
  • plucky,
  • willing,
  • firm,
  • resolved,
  • valiant,
  • bullheaded,
  • tough,
  • unyielding,
  • dauntless,
  • strong-minded,
  • bold,
  • stern,
  • determined,
  • fearless,
  • inexorable,
  • decided,
  • hearty,
  • iron-willed,
  • unbending,
  • strong-willed,
  • implacable,
  • ruthless,
  • devoted,
  • uncompromising,
  • spunky,
  • decisive,
  • set,
  • true,
  • courageous,
  • staunch,
  • unshakeable,
  • serious,
  • unchangeable,
  • headstrong.
  •tenacious (adjective)
  • stiff,
  • brave,
  • bulldogged,
  • obdurate,
  • flintlike,
  • stony,
  • strong.
  •vigilant (adjective)
  • provident,
  • thoughtful,
  • prepared,
  • ready,
  • strict,
  • sharp-eyed.

• n.

  •industrious (noun)
  • keen,
  • purposeful.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • efficient.
  •
  • productive,
  • enthusiastic,
  • Overworked.

Paraphrases for Diligent:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    assiduous, careful.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    thorough, vigilant, timely, attentive, strenuous, persistent, unremitting, untiring, rigorous, hard, proactive, prompt, tenacious, stringent, speedy, conscientiously, disciplined, thoughtful, applied, detailed, earnest, efficient, sustained, active, scrupulous, steadfast, serious.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    hardworking, hard-working, conscientious, painstaking, indefatigable, tireless, meticulous, relentless.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    diligence, industriousness.

Antonyms for Diligent:

• adj.

  • all
    negligent.
  • persevering, hard-working
    lazy, unconcerned, lethargic, disinterested, tired, idle, weary, inactive, unscrupulous, unenthusiastic, languid, uncareful, neglectful, careless, ignorant, inattentive, indifferent, thoughtless.
  • Other antonyms:
    inoperative, quiet, latent, dead, quiescent, dormant, sluggish, heavy, slow, remiss, indolent, nonoperating, lifeless, asleep, free, hit-and-run, impatient, passive.

Homophones for Diligent:

• dealignment, deliquescent.