industrious

C2+ Topic:Describing People
US /ɪnˈdʌstriəs/ UK /ɪnˈdʌstriəs/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    diligent and hardworking

    The industrious students finished the project well ahead of schedule.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · diligent and hardworking diligenthardworkingassiduousseduloustirelessconscientious
Opposites
Word family
Forms industriously
Derived forms industriouslyindustriousness

Etymology

From Latin industriosus ('diligent'), from industria ('diligence, activity'), perhaps from indu- (an old form of in-) + a root related to struere ('to build').

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