studious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈstudiəs/ UK /ˈstjuːdiəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
devoted to study; diligent and careful

The studious pupil spent every recess reading in the library.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · devoted to study; diligent... diligent scholarly assiduous industrious attentive bookish careful

Opposites

lazy idle negligent careless

Word family

Forms studiously

Derived forms studiouslystudiousness

Related forms study student studio

Etymology

From Latin studiōsus ('eager, diligent, devoted to study'), from studium ('zeal, application, study'), from studēre ('to be eager, apply oneself').

studiōsus Latin studēre Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# studious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈstudiəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstjuːdiəs/

## Meanings
1. devoted to study; diligent and careful

## Examples
- The studious pupil spent every recess reading in the library.

## Synonyms
- diligent
- scholarly
- assiduous
- industrious
- attentive
- bookish
- careful

## Antonyms
- lazy
- idle
- negligent
- careless

## Derived Forms
- studiously
- studiousness

## Related Forms
- study
- student
- studio

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: studiōsus
- Root: studēre

## Etymology
From Latin studiōsus ('eager, diligent, devoted to study'), from studium ('zeal, application, study'), from studēre ('to be eager, apply oneself').

## AI Etymology
Studious comes from Latin studiōsus ('eager, diligent, devoted to study'), from studium ('zeal, application, study'), from studēre ('to be eager, apply oneself'). The historical chain includes Latin studiōsus and Latin studēre. The quoted older senses, "eager, diligent, devoted to study", "zeal, application, study", and "to be eager, apply oneself", supply the semantic anchors for studious. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word studious carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "devoted to study; diligent and careful". English derivatives include studiously and studiousness; related English forms include study, student, and studio. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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