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| Main Entry: | painstaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meticulous, thorough |
| Synonyms: | assiduous, by the numbers*, careful, conscientious, diligent, earnest, exact, exacting, finicky, fussy, heedful, industrious, particular, persevering, persnickety*, picky, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, sedulous, stickler*, strenuous, thoroughgoing, by the book, conscionable, fussbudget, hard-working |
| Antonyms: | careless, easy, half-baked, thoughtless, unmindful, half-done, unthorough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sedulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assiduous |
| Synonyms: | active, busy, determined, diligent, industrious, laborious, persevering, tireless, hard-working, plugging |
| Main Entry: | studious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scholarly, attentive |
| Synonyms: | academic, assiduous, bookish*, bookworm*, busy, careful, contemplative, diligent, eager, earnest, industrious, intellectual, learned, lettered, meditative, reflective, sedulous, serious, thoughtful, well-informed, well-read, grubbing, hard-working |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inattentive, lazy, unscholarly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tireless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determined |
| Synonyms: | active, eager, energetic, enthusiastic, grind, incessant, indefatigable, industrious, jumping, perky, persevering, resolute, steadfast, strenuous, unflagging, untiring, vigorous, ball of fire, hard-working, hyper, on the go, unwearied, unwearying |
| Antonyms: | beat, tired, unenthusiastic, weary, worn out |
| Main Entry: | active |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very involved in activity |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, high-spirited, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous, bustling, enlivened, fireball, hard-working, hyper, on the move |
| Notes: | active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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