Synonyms & Antonyms : Diligent





Diligent



( Adjective )


Diligent work is what will take you to higher places in your profession.

Synonyms:

Careful

Laborious

Attentive

Busy

Painstaking

Contextual Examples:

The Prime Minister has asked the people to be careful of the divisive forces.

The engineer was praised for the laborious job of cleaning up the river after the floods.

The teacher flayed him for being not so attentive in the class.

Now-a-days he is busy in social work.

It was the result of the painstaking efforts of the Chairman that the society was saved from closure.



Antonyms:

Slack

Lazy

Indolent

Idle

Slothful

Contextual Examples: -30

My business is rather slack these days.

He is a lazy fellow and does not get up before 9 a.m.

He is a man of indolent habits. You cannot expect him to succeed in business.

Don’t idle away your time if you want to succeed in business.




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