Dictionary

industrious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs/

Etymology

From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.

Meanings

1. Hard-working and persistent.
   • He was a very industrious student at school.
   • The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid? 1941, Ogden Nash, The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, The ant, page 224:

Forms

Antonyms

absent-minded · changeable · fickle · flighty · distractible · lazy

Deriveds

industriously · unindustrious · superindustrious · industriousness · overindustrious · over-industrious

Hypernyms

persistent

Hyponyms

patient

Relateds

active · industry · obstinate · meticulous · industrial

Synonyms

industrious · assiduous · diligent · studious · hardworking · notable · worksome · painstaking · dogged · sedulous

Translations (107)

mk трудољубив (hard-working and persistent) · hy աշխատասեր (hard-working and persistent) · tl sipag (hard-working and persistent) · lv cītīgs (hard-working and persistent) · ar مُجْتَهِد (hard-working and persistent) · hi कर्मनिष्ठ (hard-working and persistent) · la industrius (hard-working and persistent) · pt diligente (hard-working and persistent) · mi ahuwhenua (hard-working and persistent) · grc φιλόπονος (hard-working and persistent) · da ihærdig (hard-working and persistent) · lv uzcītīgs (hard-working and persistent) · bg стара́телен (hard-working and persistent) · fr diligent (hard-working and persistent) · be пі́льны (hard-working and persistent) · uk стара́нний (hard-working and persistent) · bg усъ́рден (hard-working and persistent) · de eifrig (hard-working and persistent) · es aplicado (hard-working and persistent) · cmn 勤奮 /勤奋 (hard-working and persistent) · pl pilny (hard-working and persistent) · bg работли́в (hard-working and persistent) · ba егәрле (hard-working and persistent) · mi ringa tōhaunui (hard-working and persistent) · mi ahunui (hard-working and persistent) · es empeñoso (hard-working and persistent) · pt esforçado (hard-working and persistent) · hi उद्योगी (hard-working and persistent) · sk pracovitý (hard-working and persistent) · vi chăm chỉ (hard-working and persistent) · la labōriōsus (hard-working and persistent) · mnc ᡴᡳᠴᡝᠪᡝ (hard-working and persistent) · ga saothrach (hard-working and persistent) · cmn 刻苦 (hard-working and persistent) · pt laborioso (hard-working and persistent) · ko 근면하다 (hard-working and persistent) · lv centīgs (hard-working and persistent) · it industrioso (hard-working and persistent) · bg приле́жен (hard-working and persistent) · mi mamahi (hard-working and persistent) · ru усе́рдный (hard-working and persistent) · bg трудолюби́в (hard-working and persistent) · nl ijverig (hard-working and persistent) · grc φιλεργός (hard-working and persistent) · eo laborema (hard-working and persistent) · az əməksevər (hard-working and persistent) · cmn 耐勞 /耐劳 (hard-working and persistent) · nl vlijtig (hard-working and persistent) · sv flitig (hard-working and persistent) · uk рете́льний (hard-working and persistent) · mi houhere (hard-working and persistent) · hi मेहनती (hard-working and persistent) · fa تخشا (hard-working and persistent) · sv idog (hard-working and persistent) · sh trudoljubiv (hard-working and persistent) · lv strādīgs (hard-working and persistent) · it laborioso (hard-working and persistent) · ro industrios (hard-working and persistent) · sh marljiv (hard-working and persistent) · tr gayretli (hard-working and persistent) · ro harnic (hard-working and persistent) · ky эмгекчил (hard-working and persistent) · de fleißig (hard-working and persistent) · cmn 勤勞 /勤劳 (hard-working and persistent) · ur میہنتی (hard-working and persistent) · az işgüzar (hard-working and persistent) · es afanoso (hard-working and persistent) · es diligente (hard-working and persistent) · cs pilný (hard-working and persistent) · ba эшсән (hard-working and persistent) · ja 勤勉 (hard-working and persistent) · fi ahkera (hard-working and persistent) · ru приле́жный (hard-working and persistent) · sh марљив (hard-working and persistent) · gd dèanadach (hard-working and persistent) · be стара́нны (hard-working and persistent) · be працаві́ты (hard-working and persistent) · cmn 努力 (hard-working and persistent) · de arbeitsam (hard-working and persistent) · be руплі́вы (hard-working and persistent) · ru работя́щий (hard-working and persistent) · ro laborios (hard-working and persistent) · sv ihärdig (hard-working and persistent) · hi परिश्रमी (hard-working and persistent) · izh töökäs (hard-working and persistent) · ko 부지런하다 (hard-working and persistent) · ka შრომისმოყვარე (hard-working and persistent) · mi pukumahi (hard-working and persistent) · hi कर्मठ (hard-working and persistent) · sk pilný (hard-working and persistent) · pt industrioso (hard-working and persistent) · es industrioso (hard-working and persistent) · da flittig (hard-working and persistent) · es laborioso (hard-working and persistent) · pt trabalhador (hard-working and persistent) · uk пи́льний (hard-working and persistent) · fr industrieux (hard-working and persistent) · da arbejdsom (hard-working and persistent) · sh трудољубив (hard-working and persistent) · cmn 勤勉 (hard-working and persistent) · mk усрден (hard-working and persistent) · la sēdulus (hard-working and persistent) · es trabajador (hard-working and persistent) · ga tábhachtach (hard-working and persistent) · ka მშრომელი (hard-working and persistent) · ru трудолюби́вый (hard-working and persistent) · sk usilovný (hard-working and persistent)