Industrious

Adjective

 * 1) Hard-working and persistent; worksome.
 * I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:industrious

Derived terms

 * industriousness

Related terms

 * industrial
 * industry

Adverbs for Industrious
painfully; perseveringly; dependably; unremittingly; energetically; actively; carefully; constantly; temperamentally; characteristically; busily; reliably; amazingly; unusually; uncomplainingly; happily; cheerfully; unwaveringly; invariably; uniformly; persistently ; insistently.

Thesaurus
active, aggressive, ardent, assiduous, busy, conscientious, constant, continuing, diligent, dogged, dynamic, elaborate, enduring, energetic, faithful, fervent, hard, hard-working, hardworking, hustling, immutable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, insistent, intense, invincible, laborious, lasting, live, loyal, never idle, never-tiring, obstinate, operose, painstaking, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, rapt, relentless, resolute, sedulous, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, strenuous, stubborn, tenacious, thorough, thoroughgoing, tireless, unabating, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unsleeping, unsparing, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, utterly attentive, vehement, vigorous, weariless, zealous

Etymology
From industriosus: < industria:; see industry:.

Translations

 * Arabic: مجتهد
 * Armenian: աշխատասեր
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 勤勉, 勤, 勤奮, 勤奋, 耐勞, 耐劳
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ijverig, vlijtig
 * Finnish:
 * French: industrieux,
 * German:, ,
 * Hindi: मेहनती


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 勤勉
 * Latvian: centīgs
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: trudoljubiv, trudoljubiva , marljiv , marljiva
 * Swedish:, ihärdig
 * Urdu: میہنتی