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I'm not a believer that you have to write every day. If I felt industrious, I'd spend ten hours a week writing. The writing is going on all the time in my head; the trick is to capture it. Showers are great. Traffic jams are great.
Julia Glass

Meaning of "industrious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDUSTRIOUS

industrious  [ɪnˈdʌstrɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDUSTRIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Industrious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INDUSTRIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of industrious in the English dictionary

The definition of industrious in the dictionary is hard-working, diligent, or assiduous.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDUSTRIOUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
citreous
ˈsɪtrɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
furious
ˈfjʊərɪəs
glorious
ˈɡlɔːrɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
illustrious
ɪˈlʌstrɪəs
luxurious
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs
Marius
ˈmɛərɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
notorious
nəʊˈtɔːrɪəs
Sagittarius
ˌsædʒɪˈtɛərɪəs
semivitreous
ˌsɛmɪˈvɪtrɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
Sirius
ˈsɪrɪəs
subvitreous
sʌbˈvɪtrɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs
victorious
vɪkˈtɔːrɪəs
vitreous
ˈvɪtrɪəs
yttrious
ˈɪtrɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDUSTRIOUS

industrial union
industrial unrest
industrial vehicle
industrial waste
industrial wastes
Industrial Workers of the World
industrial-strength
industrialise
industrialism
industrialist
industrialization
industrialize
industrialized
industrialized country
industrialized nation
industrially
industrials
industries
industriously
industriousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDUSTRIOUS

bi-curious
carious
censorious
deleterious
delicious
delirious
gregarious
imperious
inglorious
injurious
laborious
lugubrious
meritorious
multifarious
nefarious
opprobrious
precarious
spurious
uproarious
vainglorious
vicarious

Synonyms and antonyms of industrious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INDUSTRIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «industrious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of industrious

Translation of «industrious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDUSTRIOUS

Find out the translation of industrious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of industrious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «industrious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

勤劳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

industriosa
570 millions of speakers

English

industrious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेहनती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كادح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трудолюбивый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

industriosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিশ্রমী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

industrieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rajin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fleißig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

勤勉な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부지런한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Industrialis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

siêng năng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொழில் அதிபராக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेहनती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çalışkan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

industrioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pracowity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

працьовитий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

harnic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εργατικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlytige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbetsam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeidsom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of industrious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDUSTRIOUS»

The term «industrious» is regularly used and occupies the 57.917 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDUSTRIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «industrious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «industrious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about industrious

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10 QUOTES WITH «INDUSTRIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word industrious.
1
Johann Sebastian Bach
I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.
2
Margaret Cavendish
In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.
3
Manny Farber
A peculiar fact about termite-tapeworm-fungus-moss art is that it goes always forward, eating its own boundaries, and, likely as not, leaves nothing in its path other than the signs of eager, industrious, unkempt activity.
4
J. Paul Getty
In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.
5
Julia Glass
I'm not a believer that you have to write every day. If I felt industrious, I'd spend ten hours a week writing. The writing is going on all the time in my head; the trick is to capture it. Showers are great. Traffic jams are great.
6
Sophie Kerr
An industrious sinner I much prefer to a lazy saint.
7
Maria Mitchell
The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.
8
Hasso Plattner
I'm a Berliner - fast, loud, obnoxious, industrious, brutally open.
9
William Graham Sumner
Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society.
10
Henry David Thoreau
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDUSTRIOUS»

Discover the use of industrious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to industrious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Industrious Revolution: Consumer Behavior and the ...
This 'industrious revolution' is the context in which the economic acceleration associated with the Industrial Revolution took shape.
Jan de Vries, 2008
2
Industrious
The People's Republic of China dominates half the globe, balanced only by the combined power of the decaying Western world.
Michael McCloskey, 2011
3
Forging America: Ironworkers, Adventurers, and the ...
John Bezís-Selfa argues that the iron industry, with its early concentrations of capital and labor, reveals the close links between industrial and political revolution.
John Bezís-Selfa, 2004
4
Industrious in their stations: young people at work in urban ...
Focusing on Philadelphia, Boston, and Charleston, Sundue examines the work experiences of children and analyzes regional differences in child labor according to gender, race, and class.
Sharon Braslaw Sundue, 2009
5
Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious ...
The revised 1805 third edition of an influential 1803 work, reissued here with an 1840 biography of Joseph Lancaster.
Joseph Lancaster, William Corston, 2014
6
An Inquiry Into the Moral, Social, and Intellectual ...
The Institution, in this instance, is imposed upon to relieve the pockets of the opulent, and not the industrious and needy domestic. Their claim is not upon the charity, but upon their employers. As long as they endeavour to perform their duty , ...
George Calvert Holland, 1839
7
An Exact and Industrious Tradesman: The Letter Book of ...
"The volume provides a detailed account of the Symson family, and an appendix profiles some 200 correspondents, including many north west families."--BOOK JACKET.
Joseph Symson, S. Simon David Smith, 2002
8
The Idle and Industrious Miner
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Alonzo Delano, 2012
9
Temperance Recorder: Devoted Exclusively to the Cause of ...
Male, aged 50, native, industrious, temperate drinker, and a little more.* 278. Female, aged 56, respectable, temperate in the use of ardent spirits, fatigue and exertion caused by the sickness of her son and daughter, and by deaths in her ...
‎1832
10
The Industrious Apprentice; A Sermon Preached at the Great ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Adler Hermann, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDUSTRIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term industrious is used in the context of the following news items.
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See photos of upscale new coworking space Industrious - Technical.ly
Industrious, the coworking import whose flagship is in Chicago but whose founders are in New York City, opened its doors on South Broad last ... «Technical.ly Philly, Jul 15»
2
Editorial: Put prison where it's best for people who go there | The …
If they come, they will come for low wages, low taxes, industrious workers and good quality of life. If they don't come, it will be because of air ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
3
The Danger From China's Coming Recession | The Daily Caller
Combine an industrious, educated population with a large influx of foreign capital in a pre-industrial setting and you have the perfect set of ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
4
The Dallas Observer Needs a Clubs Editor | Dallas Observer
Ideal candidates will be familiar with local concert venues, but all talented and industrious candidates — including current college students ... «Dallas Observer, Jul 15»
5
Manchester United signings title contenders FC debate - ESPN FC
Meanwhile, United's direct competitors haven't enjoyed as industrious a summer as has taken place at Old Trafford. Rivals Liverpool have ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»
6
Birmingham City: David Davis tips Demarai Gray to top the division …
The industrious midfielder is buoyed by Gray's decision to put an end to speculation about his future by signing a new deal. He echoed ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
7
6 Creative Ways to Use Your Produce That's Almost Past Its Prime …
Stash packets of pectin — or, if you're really industrious and serious about combatting food waste, make your own — in your cabinets for ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
8
'Snowball day' declared from Oberon to the Blue Mountains
"It was quite industrious at 7am," said their father, Sean, a landscape gardener. "They didn't finish it - still, it's a bit different to your snowmen!". «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
9
Dreams To Remember by Mark Ribowsky, review: 'commendably …
Industrious, popular and gifted, “a soulful force of nature” as one contemporary put it, by 17 Redding was already building a reputation as a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
How John Cena Set Out To Piledrive Your Funny Bone In - Co.Create
During any of the industrious WWE superstar's 320 wrestling shows a year, most people who encounter him tend to bust a gut only from getting ... «Co.Create, Jul 15»

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