Industrious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Assiduous in work or study; diligent. See Synonyms at busy.
  • adj. Obsolete Skillful; clever.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Hard-working and persistent; worksome.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.
  • adj. Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Given to industry; acting or working with diligence; sedulous: as, a person industrious in business.
  • Marked by industry; done with or characterized by diligence; busily pursued, performed, or employed: as, an industrious life; industrious researches.
  • Expert; clever; shrewd.
  • Synonyms Industrious, Industrial; busy, laborious, active, hard-working, sedulous. Industrious, having the activity or the moral quality of industry; industrial, connected with the application of industry to manufactures: as, the industrious ant; industrial statistics.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. working hard to promote an enterprise
  • adj. characterized by hard work and perseverance
    • Equivalent
    enterprising    diligent   
    Cross Reference
    active   
    Form
    industriousness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    busy    assiduous   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    illustrious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intelligent    diligent    prudent    energetic    hardworking    virtuous    enterprising    prosperous    laborious    respectable   
     
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