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hardworking

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assiduous, diligent, dogged, hardworking, industrious, notable, sedulous, studious, painstaking, worksome

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

characterized by hard work and perseverance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: industrious, tireless, untiring

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From hard + working.

Across languages

Translations

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Asturian: trabayador — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Azerbaijani: çalışqan — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Azerbaijani: əməksevər — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Azerbaijani: zəhmətkeş — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Azerbaijani: işcil — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Azerbaijani: zəhmətsevən — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Azerbaijani: işgüzar — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Bashkir: эшсән (eşsən) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Bashkir: егәрле (yegərle) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Belarusian: працаві́ты (pracavíty) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Belarusian: стара́нны (staránny) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Belarusian: руплі́вы (ruplívy) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Belarusian: пі́льны (pílʹny) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Bulgarian: трудолюби́в (trudoljubív) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Bulgarian: усъ́рден (usǎ́rden) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Catalan: treballador — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Cantonese: 勤力 (kan4 lik6) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Cantonese: 勤勉 (kan4 min5) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Cantonese: 勤勞 /勤劳 (kan4 lou4) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Cantonese: 勤奮 /勤奋 (kan4 fan5) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Cantonese: 耐勞 /耐劳 (noi6 lou4) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Cantonese: 刻苦 (hak1 fu2) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Cantonese: 努力 (nou5 lik6) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Cantonese: 勤苦 (kan4 fu2) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Cantonese: 用功 (jung6 gung1) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hakka Chinese: 煞猛 (sat-mâng) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hakka Chinese: 勤勞 /勤劳 (khiùn-lò) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hakka Chinese: 用功 (yung-kûng) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hakka Chinese: 努力 (nú-li̍t) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hakka Chinese: 打拚 (tá-piang) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese: 骨力 (kut-la̍t) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese: 勤勉 (khîn-bián, khûn-bián) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese: 勤奮 /勤奋 (khîn-hùn, khûn-hùn) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese: 刻苦 (khek-khó͘) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese: 努力 (zh-min-nan) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese: 拍拚 (zh-min-nan) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese: 勤苦 (khîn-khó͘, khûn-khó͘) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勤勉 (qínmiǎn) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勤 (qín) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勤勞 /勤劳 (qínláo) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勤奮 /勤奋 (qínfèn) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耐勞 /耐劳 (nàiláo) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刻苦 (kèkǔ) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 努力 (nǔlì) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勤苦 (qínkǔ) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用功 (yònggōng) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Czech: pilný — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Danish: hårdtarbejdende — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Danish: flittig — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Danish: arbejdsom — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Dutch: ijverig — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Dutch: vlijtig — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Esperanto: laborema — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Finnish: ahkera — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • French: industrieux — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • French: diligent — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • French: travailleur — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Galician: traballador — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Galician: dilixente — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Georgian: შრომისმოყვარე (šromismoq̇vare) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Georgian: მშრომელი (mšromeli) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • German: fleißig — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • German: arbeitsam — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • German: eifrig — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Ancient Greek: πολύεργος (polúergos) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hebrew: חָרוּץ (kharúsh) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hindi: कर्मठ (karmaṭh) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hindi: कर्मनिष्ठ (karmaniṣṭh) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hindi: परिश्रमी (pariśramī) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hindi: उद्योगी (udyogī) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hindi: मेहनती (mehnatī) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hungarian: szorgalmas — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hungarian: szorgos — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Hungarian: dolgos — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Ingrian: töökäs — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Irish: saothrach — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Japanese: 勤勉 (kinben) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Khmer: លំអោត (lumʼaot) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Khmer: ស្រវាស្រទេញ (srɑɑvaa srɑɑtɨñ) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Khmer: ឱហាត (ʼaohaat) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Korean: 근면하다 (geunmyeonhada) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Latin: labōrifer — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Latvian: strādīgs — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Latvian: centīgs — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Latvian: cītīgs — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Latvian: uzcītīgs — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Latvian: čakls — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Macedonian: усрден (usrden) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Macedonian: трудољубив (trudoljubiv) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Malayalam: കഠിനാദ്ധ്വാനി (kaṭhināddhvāni) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Manx: sheer-obbragh — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Māori: tōhaunui — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Persian: سختکوشی (saxt-kuši) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Polish: pracowity — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Polish: pilny — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Portuguese: trabalhador — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Portuguese: diligente — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Romanian: harnic — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Romanian: sârguincios — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Romanian: muncitor — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Romanian: laborios — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Romanian: diligent — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Russian: приле́жный (priléžnyj) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Russian: усе́рдный (usérdnyj) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Russian: трудолюби́вый (trudoljubívyj) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Russian: работя́щий (rabotjáščij) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Russian: рачи́тельный (račítelʹnyj) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèanadach — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Serbo-Croatian: трудољубив — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Serbo-Croatian: марљив — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Serbo-Croatian: trudoljubiv — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Serbo-Croatian: marljiv — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Slovak: pracovitý — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Slovene: marljiv — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Spanish: trabajador — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Spanish: esforzado — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Spanish: chambero — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Spanish: hacendoso — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Spanish: chambeador — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Spanish: laburador — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Spanish: empeñoso — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Spanish: laborioso — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Spanish: currante — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Swedish: idog — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Swedish: flitig — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Swedish: arbetsam — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Thai: ขยัน (kà-yǎn) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Turkish: çalışkan — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Turkmen: işjeň — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Ukrainian: працьови́тий (pracʹovýtyj) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Ukrainian: роботя́щий (robotjáščyj) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Ukrainian: стара́нний (staránnyj) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Ukrainian: рете́льний (retélʹnyj) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Urdu: میہنتی (mehnatī) — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • Vietnamese: chăm chỉ — taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous