Diligence Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭlə-jəns
Steady attention and effort, as to one's occupation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. application
  2. industry
  3. assiduity
  4. industriousness
  5. sedulousness
  6. attention
  7. assiduousness
  8. perseverance
  9. earnestness
  10. care
  11. persistence
  12. constancy
  13. persistent exertion
  14. studiousness
  15. pertinacity
  16. tirelessness
  17. dedication
  18. carefulness
  19. thoroughness
  20. effort
  21. attentiveness
  22. intentness
  23. heed
  24. keenness
  25. steadiness
  26. intensity
  27. stick-to-itiveness
  28. sedulity
  29. scholarliness
  30. stagecoach (france)
  31. vigor
  32. zeal
Antonyms:
  1. laziness
  2. carelessness
  3. sloth
  4. inactivity
  5. lethargy
  6. indifference
  7. neglect

Diligence Sentence Examples

  • After my tour was over, my diligence was truly rewarded in the kitchen of all places!

  • There were many diligence assignments.

  • We need a diligence check of the results.

  • With planning and diligence, his business would be on its feet in a few years and she would be working in the pediatric ward at the hospital.

  • But this difficulty was soon removed by the pupil's diligence; the very exigencies of his situation were of service to him in calling forth all his powers, and he studied the language with such success that at the close of his five years' exile he declares that he " spontaneously thought " in French rather than in English, and that it had become more familiar to " ear, tongue and pen."

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