diligent

  • (s) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
    • a diligent (or patient) worker
    • with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business
    persevering,
  • (a) characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks
    • a diligent detective investigates all clues
    • a diligent search of the files

Synonyms

persevering

Antonyms

negligent

See also

busy careful

Words of close approximity

diligently