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diligent
adjective as in persevering, hard-working
Strongest matches
active, assiduous, attentive, careful, conscientious, eager, earnest, indefatigable, industrious, painstaking, persistent, studious, tireless
Weak matches
busy, constant, eager beaver, grind, laborious, occupied, operose, persisting, pertinacious, plugging, sedulous, steadfast, unflagging, unrelenting, untiring
Example Sentences
Somewhere inside a tabula rasa passed off as an office space, a diligent worker is rewarded with a five-minute "dance experience."
“It depends how close you are and how diligent you are.”
“I’m very diligent when it comes to staff and players. First we need to know who we are and who we’re looking for,” said Parsons, who engineered successful rebuilding projects in Washington and Portland.
Carvalho acknowledged the problems but said it wasn’t for lack of diligent attention.
My diligent dad would give me a couple of dollars as my well-earned reward.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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