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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
But if you don’t know anyone in the industry, be diligent about saving and investing the money that you’re making from your day job or side gigs.
Sir Keir is an intelligent, incredibly diligent, serious-minded politician who has achieved extraordinary things.
Her high energy and ability to find holes will mean England's defence around the ruck will have to be very sharp and diligent.
But the scheme has been criticised for not being diligent enough and effectively inviting fraud, as companies that dissolve before paying back the money often then do not need to repay anything.
He said: "Police were very diligent and seemed very keen to present it at court… They felt that he was a fraudster, a bogus builder."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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