industrious
adj/ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs/
Etymology From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.
1
Hard-working and persistent.
- He was a very industrious student at school.
- The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?1941, Ogden Nash, The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, The ant, page 224:
- Synonyms
- assiduous, diligent, dogged, hardworking, industrious, notable, sedulous, studious, painstaking, worksome
- Antonyms
- lazy, absent-minded, changeable, distractible, fickle, flighty
- Derived terms
- industriously, industriousness, overindustrious, superindustrious, unindustrious
- Related terms
- industrial, industry, active, meticulous, obstinate
- Hypernyms
- persistent
- Hyponyms
- patient