Synonyms for Diligent:

• adj.

  •active (adjective)
  • perky,
  • forcible,
  • on the move,
  • fireball,
  • quickest,
  • hyper,
  • lively,
  • quick.
  •all (adjective)
  • diligent.
  •assiduous (adjective)
  • ex-acting,
  • un-tiring,
  • ex acting,
  • more plugging,
  • un tiring,
  • most plugging.
  •attentive (adjective)
  • concerned,
  • Immersed,
  • entranced,
  • Scrutinizing,
  • fascinated,
  • responsible,
  • absorbed,
  • Concentrating,
  • sharp,
  • enraptured,
  • Hearkening,
  • Considering,
  • interested.
  •businesslike (adjective)
  • well-ordered,
  • disciplined,
  • workaday,
  • matter of fact,
  • matter-of-fact.
  •busy (adjective)
  • having many irons in fire,
  • up to ears,
  • in field,
  • more snowed,
  • with customer,
  • having enough ones plate,
  • up to ones ears,
  • having enough on ones plate,
  • un available,
  • in the laboratory,
  • most swamped,
  • most snowed,
  • in elses possession,
  • up ears,
  • with a customer,
  • in someone elses possession,
  • having fish to fry,
  • on go,
  • having many irons the fire,
  • having enough plate,
  • more swamped,
  • more overloaded,
  • in laboratory,
  • having enough one's plate,
  • having fish fry,
  • in meeting,
  • having full plate,
  • up ones ears,
  • un-available,
  • up to one ears,
  • up one ears,
  • up one's ears,
  • in else's possession,
  • having enough on plate,
  • having many irons fire,
  • having enough one plate,
  • most overloaded,
  • having enough on one plate,
  • in someone else possession,
  • over loaded,
  • having a full plate,
  • most slaving,
  • more slaving,
  • over-loaded,
  • in else possession.
  •conscientious (adjective)
  • minding p's q's,
  • re liablest,
  • minding ps and qs,
  • ex-act,
  • re liabler,
  • hanging in,
  • re-liablest,
  • heart soul in to,
  • re-liabler,
  • re-liable,
  • minding p q,
  • walking eggs,
  • minding ps qs,
  • ex act,
  • heart and soul in to,
  • heart soul into,
  • minding p and q,
  • re liable.
  •earnest (adjective)
  • more perseverant,
  • de-voted,
  • most fervid,
  • most perseverant,
  • de voted.
  •engrossed (adjective)
  • more enthralled,
  • more riveted,
  • more bugged,
  • caught in,
  • taken with,
  • most in to,
  • sub merged,
  • more into,
  • most gripped,
  • more captivated,
  • most enthralled,
  • more gripped,
  • most captivated,
  • heavily in to,
  • more consumed,
  • most bugged,
  • in to,
  • wrapped up,
  • really in to,
  • most riveted,
  • most consumed,
  • more submerged,
  • sub-merged,
  • up here in,
  • more monopolized,
  • most monopolized,
  • more in to,
  • most submerged,
  • most into.
  •enterprising (adjective)
  • more gumptious,
  • most gogo,
  • more advancing,
  • most craving,
  • most self-starting,
  • most selfstarting,
  • most advancing,
  • most gumptious,
  • most go-go,
  • more lusting,
  • GOGO,
  • most take over,
  • take-over,
  • most yearning,
  • more go go,
  • most take-over,
  • most takeover,
  • more craving,
  • more go-go,
  • more yearning,
  • more gogo,
  • selfstarting,
  • more selfstarting,
  • more take over,
  • most go go,
  • self-starting,
  • go go,
  • up-and-coming,
  • more self starting,
  • self starting,
  • coming strong,
  • most lusting,
  • goahead,
  • more takeover,
  • more self-starting,
  • most self starting,
  • most itching,
  • up and coming,
  • more itching,
  • hard ball,
  • more take-over.
  •expeditious (adjective)
  • more efficient,
  • fleet,
  • most efficient.
  •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.
  •in-depth (adjective)
  • more thoroughly,
  • more extensively,
  • most extensively,
  • most thoroughly,
  • ex tensive.
  •indefatigable (adjective)
  • nose grindstone,
  • un-flinching,
  • un remitting,
  • un wearied,
  • stop nothing,
  • un faltering,
  • stop at nothing,
  • most unwearying,
  • hell-bent,
  • un-faltering,
  • hell bent,
  • un wavering,
  • un-wearying,
  • in-exhaustible,
  • more unwearying,
  • un-remitting,
  • un-wearied,
  • un wearying,
  • un-wavering,
  • un flinching,
  • bound determined,
  • in exhaustible.
  •industrious (adjective)
  • psyched on,
  • ball fire,
  • psyched upon,
  • grindest.
  •intense (adjective)
  • in-tenser,
  • more allconsuming,
  • in tensest,
  • extra-ordinary,
  • all consuming,
  • pro founder,
  • un-due,
  • more all consuming,
  • pro found,
  • in tensive,
  • most intensified,
  • in-tensest,
  • most all-consuming,
  • in tense,
  • in-tense,
  • most all consuming,
  • in tenser,
  • allconsuming,
  • un duest,
  • un due,
  • most allconsuming,
  • more intensified,
  • un-duer,
  • un-duest,
  • more all-consuming,
  • pro-founder,
  • in-tensive,
  • un duer,
  • pro-found.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • on the go,
  • expeditious,
  • having many irons in the fire,
  • assiduous,
  • hellbent,
  • taken up with,
  • undivided,
  • INDEPTH,
  • busy,
  • lock stock and barrel,
  • already taken,
  • gumptious,
  • active,
  • undistracted,
  • earnest,
  • unfailing,
  • Riveted,
  • in full swing,
  • Snowed,
  • up to one's ears,
  • really into,
  • unwearying,
  • go-go,
  • unflagging,
  • intense,
  • at it,
  • minding p's and q's,
  • caught up,
  • Perseverant,
  • fiend for,
  • engrossed,
  • all wound up,
  • ball of fire,
  • conscientious,
  • heart and soul into,
  • on assignment,
  • coming on strong,
  • in the field,
  • undeviating,
  • studious,
  • nose to grindstone,
  • painstaking,
  • in depth,
  • in someone else's possession,
  • extra ordinary,
  • psyched up on,
  • in a meeting,
  • up to here in,
  • take over,
  • heavily into,
  • businesslike,
  • hardworking,
  • dead set on,
  • walking on eggs,
  • having enough on one's plate,
  • sedulous,
  • all-consuming,
  • in conference,
  • enterprising,
  • unretiring,
  • grinder.
  •painstaking (adjective)
  • by the book,
  • fussbudget,
  • more stickler,
  • conscionable,
  • by book,
  • most fussbudget,
  • more conscionable,
  • in-depth,
  • most stickler,
  • by numbers,
  • more fussbudget,
  • most conscionable.
  •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.
  •studious (adjective)
  • well-informed.
  •tenacious (adjective)
  • stiff,
  • brave,
  • bulldogged,
  • obdurate,
  • flintlike,
  • stony,
  • strong.
  •undivided (adjective)
  • more unbroken,
  • de-liberate,
  • de tailed,
  • un-divided,
  • un-distracted,
  • un divided,
  • un-broken,
  • un broken,
  • more undistracted,
  • un distracted,
  • most undistracted,
  • most continued,
  • un swerving,
  • more continued,
  • most unbroken,
  • un-cut,
  • de liberate,
  • un cut,
  • de-tailed,
  • lock stock barrel,
  • un-swerving.
  •unfailing (adjective)
  • never-failing,
  • there,
  • rock solid,
  • surefire.
  •unflagging (adjective)
  • more unretiring,
  • more undeviating,
  • most unretiring,
  • un ceasing,
  • un-deviating,
  • un retiring,
  • un-retiring,
  • un flagging,
  • un-flagging.
  •vigilant (adjective)
  • provident,
  • thoughtful,
  • prepared,
  • ready,
  • strict,
  • sharp-eyed.

• n.

  •
  • organized,
  • exact,
  • systematic.
  •industrious (noun)
  • keen,
  • involved,
  • purposeful.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • insistent,
  • careful,
  • rapt,
  • better,
  • circumspect,
  • rigorous,
  • resolute,
  • niggling,
  • due diligence,
  • persisting,
  • undaunted,
  • heedful,
  • unremitting,
  • enduring,
  • watchful,
  • rabbinic,
  • owlish,
  • gingerly,
  • sleepless,
  • guarded,
  • relentless,
  • belt,
  • alert,
  • unsparing,
  • uninterrupted,
  • precise,
  • intent,
  • nice,
  • indefatigable,
  • donnish,
  • steadfast,
  • permanent,
  • conscious,
  • meticulous,
  • minutely,
  • all ears,
  • zealous,
  • patient as job,
  • openmouthed,
  • chary,
  • prudential,
  • aware,
  • tireless,
  • concentrated,
  • untiring,
  • Undrooping,
  • unwavering,
  • observing,
  • hard,
  • energetic,
  • indomitable,
  • undiscouraged,
  • single-minded,
  • price-conscious,
  • scrupulous,
  • strenuous,
  • finical,
  • professorial,
  • open-eyed,
  • continuing,
  • discreet,
  • unflinching,
  • persevering,
  • vigilant,
  • devoted to studies,
  • pedantic,
  • Plugging,
  • on the ball,
  • leery,
  • slowly,
  • narrowly,
  • risk-averse,
  • measured,
  • thoroughgoing,
  • all eyes,
  • obstinate,
  • Weariless,
  • Intentive,
  • regardful,
  • Operose,
  • precisely,
  • unrelenting,
  • pertinacious,
  • immutable,
  • unnodding,
  • invincible,
  • steady,
  • academic,
  • unconquerable,
  • on the job,
  • unwinking,
  • preoccupied,
  • plodding,
  • loyal,
  • lasting,
  • hard-working,
  • conservative,
  • once,
  • unwearied,
  • vehement,
  • unfaltering,
  • ardent,
  • askance,
  • observant,
  • inalterable,
  • fervent,
  • dedicated,
  • patient,
  • laborious,
  • elaborate,
  • finicky,
  • agog,
  • advertent,
  • mindful,
  • scholastic,
  • punctilious,
  • slogging,
  • stubborn,
  • unsleeping,
  • Unrelaxing,
  • rigour,
  • constant,
  • jealous,
  • tenacious,
  • Dryasdust,
  • Unintermitting,
  • attentive,
  • cautious,
  • methodical,
  • persistent,
  • dogged,
  • unabating,
  • unswerving,
  • utterly attentive,
  • never-tiring,
  • faithful,
  • stable,
  • industrious,
  • safe,
  • bookish,
  • vigilance,
  • scholarly,
  • prudent,
  • thorough,
  • never idle,
  • Finicking,
  • carefully,
  • mandarin,
  • open-eared,
  • wary.

• v.

  •Other relevant words: (verb)
  • complete.

• Other synonyms:

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

Paraphrases for Diligent:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    assiduous, careful.

• Independent

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

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    conscientious, hardworking, indefatigable, meticulous, painstaking, relentless, tireless, hard-working.
  • 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.