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industrious

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Hard-working and persistent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was a very industrious student at school.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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: hardworking, tireless, untiring

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

working hard to promote an enterprise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: energetic, gumptious, up-and-coming

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid) — hard-working and persistent
  • Armenian: աշխատասեր (ašxataser) — hard-working and persistent
  • Azerbaijani: işgüzar — hard-working and persistent
  • Azerbaijani: əməksevər — hard-working and persistent
  • Bashkir: эшсән (eşsən) — hard-working and persistent
  • Bashkir: егәрле (yegərle) — hard-working and persistent
  • Belarusian: працаві́ты (pracavíty) — hard-working and persistent
  • Belarusian: стара́нны (staránny) — hard-working and persistent
  • Belarusian: руплі́вы (ruplívy) — hard-working and persistent
  • Belarusian: пі́льны (pílʹny) — hard-working and persistent
  • Bulgarian: трудолюби́в (trudoljubív) — hard-working and persistent
  • Bulgarian: работли́в (rabotlív) — hard-working and persistent
  • Bulgarian: приле́жен (priléžen) — hard-working and persistent
  • Bulgarian: усъ́рден (usǎ́rden) — hard-working and persistent
  • Bulgarian: стара́телен (starátelen) — hard-working and persistent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刻苦 (kèkǔ) — hard-working and persistent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耐勞 /耐劳 (nàiláo) — hard-working and persistent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 努力 (nǔlì) — hard-working and persistent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勤奮 /勤奋 (qínfèn) — hard-working and persistent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勤勞 /勤劳 (qínláo) — hard-working and persistent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勤勉 (qínmiǎn) — hard-working and persistent
  • Czech: pilný — hard-working and persistent
  • Danish: arbejdsom — hard-working and persistent
  • Danish: ihærdig — hard-working and persistent
  • Danish: flittig — hard-working and persistent
  • Dutch: ijverig — hard-working and persistent
  • Dutch: vlijtig — hard-working and persistent
  • Esperanto: laborema — hard-working and persistent
  • Finnish: ahkera — hard-working and persistent
  • French: industrieux — hard-working and persistent
  • French: diligent — hard-working and persistent
  • Georgian: შრომისმოყვარე (šromismoq̇vare) — hard-working and persistent
  • Georgian: მშრომელი (mšromeli) — hard-working and persistent
  • German: fleißig — hard-working and persistent
  • German: arbeitsam — hard-working and persistent
  • German: eifrig — hard-working and persistent
  • Ancient Greek: φιλόπονος (philóponos) — hard-working and persistent
  • Ancient Greek: φιλεργός (philergós) — hard-working and persistent
  • Hindi: कर्मठ (karmaṭh) — hard-working and persistent
  • Hindi: कर्मनिष्ठ (karmaniṣṭh) — hard-working and persistent
  • Hindi: परिश्रमी (pariśramī) — hard-working and persistent
  • Hindi: उद्योगी (udyogī) — hard-working and persistent
  • Hindi: मेहनती (mehnatī) — hard-working and persistent
  • Ingrian: töökäs — hard-working and persistent
  • Irish: tábhachtach — hard-working and persistent
  • Irish: saothrach — hard-working and persistent
  • Italian: industrioso — hard-working and persistent
  • Italian: laborioso — hard-working and persistent
  • Japanese: 勤勉 (kinben) — hard-working and persistent
  • Korean: 부지런하다 (bujireonhada) — hard-working and persistent
  • Korean: 근면하다 (geunmyeonhada) — hard-working and persistent
  • Kyrgyz: эмгекчил (emgekcil) — hard-working and persistent
  • Latin: sēdulus — hard-working and persistent
  • Latin: industrius — hard-working and persistent
  • Latin: labōriōsus — hard-working and persistent
  • Latvian: centīgs — hard-working and persistent
  • Latvian: cītīgs — hard-working and persistent
  • Latvian: uzcītīgs — hard-working and persistent
  • Latvian: strādīgs — hard-working and persistent
  • Macedonian: усрден (usrden) — hard-working and persistent
  • Macedonian: трудољубив (trudoljubiv) — hard-working and persistent
  • Manchu: ᡴᡳᠴᡝᠪᡝ (kicebe) — hard-working and persistent
  • Māori: houhere — hard-working and persistent
  • Māori: mamahi — hard-working and persistent
  • Māori: ahuwhenua — hard-working and persistent
  • Māori: pukumahi — hard-working and persistent
  • Māori: ahunui — hard-working and persistent
  • Māori: ringa tōhaunui — hard-working and persistent
  • Persian: تخشا (toxšâ) — hard-working and persistent
  • Polish: pilny — hard-working and persistent
  • Portuguese: industrioso — hard-working and persistent
  • Portuguese: trabalhador — hard-working and persistent
  • Portuguese: esforçado — hard-working and persistent
  • Portuguese: laborioso — hard-working and persistent
  • Portuguese: diligente — hard-working and persistent
  • Romanian: industrios — hard-working and persistent
  • Romanian: harnic — hard-working and persistent
  • Romanian: laborios — hard-working and persistent
  • Russian: приле́жный (priléžnyj) — hard-working and persistent
  • Russian: усе́рдный (usérdnyj) — hard-working and persistent
  • Russian: трудолюби́вый (trudoljubívyj) — hard-working and persistent
  • Russian: работя́щий (rabotjáščij) — hard-working and persistent
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèanadach — hard-working and persistent
  • Serbo-Croatian: трудољубив — hard-working and persistent
  • Serbo-Croatian: марљив — hard-working and persistent
  • Serbo-Croatian: trudoljubiv — hard-working and persistent
  • Serbo-Croatian: marljiv — hard-working and persistent
  • Slovak: pilný — hard-working and persistent
  • Slovak: pracovitý — hard-working and persistent
  • Slovak: usilovný — hard-working and persistent
  • Spanish: aplicado — hard-working and persistent
  • Spanish: trabajador — hard-working and persistent
  • Spanish: laborioso — hard-working and persistent
  • Spanish: empeñoso — hard-working and persistent
  • Spanish: afanoso — hard-working and persistent
  • Spanish: industrioso — hard-working and persistent
  • Spanish: diligente — hard-working and persistent
  • Swedish: flitig — hard-working and persistent
  • Swedish: ihärdig — hard-working and persistent
  • Swedish: idog — hard-working and persistent
  • Tagalog: sipag — hard-working and persistent
  • Turkish: gayretli — hard-working and persistent
  • Ukrainian: стара́нний (staránnyj) — hard-working and persistent
  • Ukrainian: пи́льний (pýlʹnyj) — hard-working and persistent
  • Ukrainian: рете́льний (retélʹnyj) — hard-working and persistent
  • Urdu: میہنتی (mehnatī) — hard-working and persistent
  • Vietnamese: chăm chỉ — hard-working and persistent
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