industrious
adj/ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs/
Etymology
From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.
- derived from industria
- derived from industriosus
- derived from industrieux
Definitions
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?
The neighborhood
- antonymlazy
- antonymabsent-minded
- antonymchangeable
- antonymdistractible
- antonymfickle
- antonymflighty
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA