1. Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
   "a diligent worker"; "with diligent industry she revived the failing business"
   - persevering 
2. Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks
   "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"

See also: assiduous, busy, careful, diligence, diligently, hardworking, industrious, patient, sedulous, tireless, untiring

Antonym: negligent

Encyclopedia: Diligent

• inharmonic
• inharmonious
• inharmoniously
• inharmoniousness
• inhere
• inhere in
• inherence
• inherency
• inherent
• inherent aptitude
• inherently
• inherit
• inheritable
• inheritance
• inheritance tax
• inherited
• inherited disease
• inherited disorder
• inherited wealth
• inheriting
• inheritor
• inheritress
• inheritrix
• inhibit
• inhibited