hardworking
/ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/
hardworking adjective: of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
Adjective
hardworking (comparative more hardworking, superlative most hardworking)
- Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
- “My team and manager are exceptional; they are hardworking, talented, and supportive,” noted one respondent. “The company as a whole really focuses on their employees and that is very important to me.”2022 June 21, Erin Cooper, “The Washington Post Names MIL a 2022 Top Workplace in the D.C. Area”, in MIL, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2022
- It exacerbates homelessness, slows family formation, prevents workers from moving to opportunity and puts an enormous strain on the budgets of hardworking people.2024 August 20, Megan McArdle, “Why Harris’s housing plan won’t work”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2024
- Synonyms:
- assiduous, diligent, dogged, industrious, notable, sedulous, studious, painstaking, worksome
hardworking meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
hardworking in Hindi
- taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
- कर्मठ karmaṭh, कर्मनिष्ठ karmaniṣṭh, परिश्रमी pariśramī, उद्योगी udyogī, मेहनती mehnatī
hardworking in Tamil
- கடின உழைப்பு
hardworking in Urdu
- taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
- میہنتی mehnatī
hardworking in Malayalam
- taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
- കഠിനാദ്ധ്വാനി kaṭhināddhvāni
More languagesFewer languages
- hardworking in Gujarati
- મહેનતુ
- hardworking in Arabic
- مُجْتَهِد mujtahid
- hardworking in Persian
- سختکوشی saxt-kuši
- hardworking in Thai
- ขยัน kà-yǎn
- hardworking in Vietnamese
- chăm chỉ
Examples of hardworking in a sentence
- Many a hardworking Washingtonian have expressed their frustrations at the influx of rich Marylanders moving into their city.
- “He was a good pal in BMT, and very hardworking and promising”.
- For years, Hathaway has been the Hermione Granger of Hollywood – earnest, hardworking, and successful, but regularly dismissed as over-eager.
Synonyms of hardworking
Forms of hardworking
| comparative | more hardworking |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hardworking |
| alternative form | hard-working |
Origin of hardworking
From hard + working.
Words formed from hardworking
Questions about hardworking
- What does hardworking mean?
- Hardworking means of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
- What is hardworking in Hindi?
- Hardworking in Hindi is कर्मठ (karmaṭh), कर्मनिष्ठ (karmaniṣṭh), परिश्रमी (pariśramī). See Hardworking meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hardworking?
- Hardworking is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hardworking?
- Hardworking is pronounced /ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/.
Words near hardworking in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hardworking (page history and authors); hardworking (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hardworking (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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