industrious
/ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs/
industrious adjective: hard-working and persistent.
Adjective
industrious (comparative more industrious, superlative most industrious)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- assiduous, diligent, dogged, hardworking, notable, sedulous, studious, painstaking, worksome
industrious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
industrious in Hindi
- hard-working and persistent
- कर्मठ karmaṭh, कर्मनिष्ठ karmaniṣṭh, परिश्रमी pariśramī, उद्योगी udyogī, मेहनती mehnatī
industrious in Tamil
- கடுமையாக உழைக்கின்ற, கடுமையாக உழைக்கிற, சுறுசுறுப்புள்ள, தொழில் ஆர்வமுடைய கடின உழைப்பார்வம், பெரு முயற்சியுள்ள
industrious in Urdu
- hard-working and persistent
- میہنتی mehnatī
industrious in Bengali
- পরিশ্রমী, অধ্যবসায়ী, কর্মতৎপর
More languagesFewer languages
- industrious in Telugu
- శ్రమకము śramakamu
- industrious in Malayalam
- അദ്ധ്വാനശീലമുള്ള, കഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്ന, ചുറുചുറുക്കുള്ള, പ്രയത്നശീലനായ
- industrious in Kannada
- ಮಯ್ಮುರಿದು ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುವ, ಕಡಗುವ, ನೇರ್ಪಿನ
- industrious in Gujarati
- ઉદ્યોગી udyogī
- industrious in Tagalog
- sipag
- industrious in Arabic
- مُجْتَهِد mujtahid
- industrious in Persian
- تخشا toxšâ
- industrious in Vietnamese
- chăm chỉ
Synonyms of industrious
Antonyms
Forms of industrious
| comparative | more industrious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most industrious |
Origin of industrious
From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.
Words formed from industrious
Questions about industrious
- What does industrious mean?
- Industrious means hard-working and persistent.
- What is industrious in Hindi?
- Industrious in Hindi is कर्मठ (karmaṭh), कर्मनिष्ठ (karmaniṣṭh), परिश्रमी (pariśramī). See Industrious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is industrious?
- Industrious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce industrious?
- Industrious is pronounced /ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs/.
Words near industrious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: industrious (page history and authors); industrious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Industrious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); శ్రమకము (Telugu) (page history and authors); industrious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); industrious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ઉદ્યોગી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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