industrious
[ in-duhs-tree-uhs ]
/ ɪnˈdʌs tri əs /
adjective
working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
Obsolete. skillful.
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Origin of industrious
1525–35; < Middle French industrie “cleverness, skill,” from Old French industrie “contrivance, device,” from Latin industrius “diligent, assiduous”; equivalent to indo-, by-form of in-in-2 + -struus, noun derivative of struere “to arrange, devise, build”
SYNONYMS FOR industrious
synonym study for industrious
1. See busy.
OTHER WORDS FROM industrious
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH industrious
industrial industriousWords nearby industrious
industrialism, industrialist, industrialization, industrialize, industrials, industrious, industry, industrywide, indwell, indwelling catheter, indy
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industrious
/ (ɪnˈdʌstrɪəs) /
adjective
hard-working, diligent, or assiduous
an obsolete word for skilful
Derived forms of industrious
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