industrious
working energetically and devotedly; hardworking; diligent: an industrious person.
Obsolete. skillful.
Origin of industrious
1synonym study For industrious
Other words for industrious
Opposites for industrious
Other words from industrious
- in·dus·tri·ous·ly, adverb
- in·dus·tri·ous·ness, noun
- non·in·dus·tri·ous, adjective
- non·in·dus·tri·ous·ly, adverb
- su·per·in·dus·tri·ous, adjective
- su·per·in·dus·tri·ous·ly, adverb
- un·in·dus·tri·ous, adjective
- un·in·dus·tri·ous·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with industrious
- industrial, industrious
Words Nearby industrious
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How to use industrious in a sentence
The Moravians were an industrious, inventive, highly organized, devout people who valued education for all.
The First Americans to Observe the 4th Were Moravian Pacifists | Linda C. Brinson | July 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were plenty of lovable, responsible, industrious “good role models” for my parents to try to push on me.
An Ode to Angry Asians: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Suey Park | Arthur Chu | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEmpire, Rhodes seemed to think, was just the honest result of industrious work.
Virgin Sacrifice and the Meaning of the Parthenon | Nick Romeo | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause it lacks the stylish voice of a hard-boiled detective noir, it sometimes feels coldly industrious.
This Week’s Hot Reads: July 29, 2013 | Jessica Ferri, Damaris Colhoun | July 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCorruption is so endemic that one industrious Czech started a corruption safari bus tour.
Czech Republic's President Might be Tried for Treason | David Frum | February 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
A good neighbour and a regular church-goer, honest and industrious—let us hope that these qualities will be taken into account.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieAn industrious housewife, she hummed the hymns of contentment and peace from morning till evening.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottThere must be something wrong with a social system which permits one idle peer to ruin hundreds of industrious producers.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordAn offer which Jane received from a very honest, industrious, and thrifty jeweler, aroused anew a mother's maternal solicitude.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottHe complained that he had gone to see a great prince, and had found only an industrious shipwright.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for industrious
/ (ɪnˈdʌstrɪəs) /
hard-working, diligent, or assiduous
an obsolete word for skilful
Derived forms of industrious
- industriously, adverb
- industriousness, noun
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