| diligent definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | hard-working | 236 sets |
| 2 | hardworking | 143 sets |
| 3 | hardworking, industrious, not lazy | 129 sets |
| 4 | hard working | 87 sets |
| 5 | working with great care and effort | 79 sets |
| 6 | (adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy | 55 sets |
| 7 | careful and hard-working | 49 sets |
| 8 | marked by painstaking effort; hard-working | 38 sets |
| 9 | characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks | 30 sets |
| 10 | working with great care and effort. | 24 sets |
| 11 | marked by painstaking effort; hardworking | 24 sets |
| 12 | steady and careful | 20 sets |
| 13 | (adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy | 18 sets |
| 14 | assiduous, sedulous | 18 sets |
| 15 | painstaking and steady | 16 sets |
| 16 | constant in effort to accomplish something | 16 sets |
| 17 | hard-working and careful | 15 sets |
| 18 | industrious; with an energetic effort | 14 sets |
| 19 | characterized by steady, attentive and energetic effort in a pursuit or study | 14 sets |
| 20 | hardworking; industrious, not lazy | 13 sets |
| 21 | adj. painstaking and steady | 13 sets |
| 22 | careful and hardworking | 13 sets |
| 23 | hardworking, not lazy | 12 sets |
| 24 | showing care in doing one's work | 12 sets |
| 25 | careful and hard working | 12 sets |
| 26 | lazy, cursory | 11 sets |
| 27 | (adj.) - careful, showing care | 10 sets |
| 28 | hardworking; showing effort | 9 sets |
| 29 | adj. working with great care and effort. | 9 sets |
| 30 | careful, showing care | 9 sets |
| 31 | hardworking, efficient | 9 sets |
| 32 | lazy, indolent, cursory, perfunctory | 9 sets |
| 33 | careful; painstaking | 8 sets |
| 34 | marked by painstaking effort; hard working | 8 sets |
| 35 | industrious | 8 sets |
| 36 | diligente | 7 sets |
| 37 | hard-working; industrious | 7 sets |
| 38 | constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything | 7 sets |
| 39 | quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | 6 sets |
| 40 | (adj.) showing care in doing one's work (the ___ researcher made sure to check her measurements multiple times. | 6 sets |