studious
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈstjuːdiəs/
:
estudioso
- He is a studious student who spends hours each day preparing for exams.
- more studious
- studious young
Likewise, my mum being super studious going to Oxford.
- Likewise, my mum being super studious going to Oxford.
- I just really like the idea of that quiet, studious scholar in this case becoming the hero of the book.
- He really was deeply studious and was into pre Med and I was like, I'm definitely not going to be a doctor.
- But I could have easily been swayed by others at school who weren't as studious and I didn't actually go to a great school.
Examples
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Colin, the elder of the two, was studious and introverted, the opposite of his brother.
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Raw-boned and dark as her mother, Donna had for years been reserved and studious.
Fiction book (1996) -
We had a very studious household.
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I just really like the idea of that quiet, studious scholar in this case becoming the hero of the book.
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Churchill, the more studious of the two, read published reports.
Academic text (2011) -
He's a quiet and studious boy.
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From the passenger seat steps Caspar Quaid, a black man, studious and intense.
Fiction book (1995) -
Biographers agree that as a youth, Qaddafi was puritanical, studious, charismatic, religious, and nationalistic.
Academic text (1999) -
Thirty women (26%) described themselves as being studious, a scholastic achiever, or labeled as "the bookworm."
Academic text (1998) -
In his well-appointed Erbil office, this studious, bespectacled man cites a litany of oppressive acts.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
19
3.2
Paying careful attention to what is happening
10
6.5
A person who likes books and reading more than practical activities
1
8.4
A person who likes to read and study a lot
Antonyms
How Studious
- Formal
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5.6
9
3.9
37
3.6
61
3.0
19
2.8
20
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Studious comes from the old Latin word studium, which means 'eagerness' or 'study' and is the same root as the English word study. So a studious person is 'full of study' and spends a lot of time learning or pays careful attention.