Industrious

//ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs//

Synonyms for "industrious" (123 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (25)

Strong matches (37)

Related words (61)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

Synonyms

12 entries

Related terms

4 entries

derived

5 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

related to

3 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

106 translations across 43 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • φιλεργός adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • φιλόπονος adj (hard-working and persistent)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُجْتَهِد adj (hard-working and persistent)

Armenian

1 entries
  • աշխատասեր adj (hard-working and persistent)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • işgüzar adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • əməksevər adj (hard-working and persistent)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • егәрле adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • эшсән adj (hard-working and persistent)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • працаві́ты adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • пі́льны adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • руплі́вы adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • стара́нны adj (hard-working and persistent)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • приле́жен adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • работли́в adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • стара́телен adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • трудолюби́в adj (hard-working and persistent)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 刻苦 adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • 努力 adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • 勤勉 adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • 勤勞 /勤劳 adj (hard-working and persistent)

Czech

1 entries
  • pilný adj (hard-working and persistent)

Danish

3 entries
  • arbejdsom adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • flitig adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • ihærdig adj (hard-working and persistent)

Dutch

2 entries
  • ijverig adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • vlijtig adj (hard-working and persistent)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • laborema adj (hard-working and persistent)

Finnish

1 entries
  • ahkera adj (hard-working and persistent)

French

2 entries
  • diligent adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • industrieux adj (hard-working and persistent)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მშრომელი adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • შრომისმოყვარე adj (hard-working and persistent)

German

3 entries
  • arbeitsam adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • eifrig adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • fleißig adj (hard-working and persistent)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कर्मठ adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • कर्मनिष्ठ adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • परिश्रमी adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • मेहनती adj (hard-working and persistent)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • töökäs adj (hard-working and persistent)

Irish

2 entries
  • saothrach adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • tábhachtach adj (hard-working and persistent)

Italian

2 entries
  • industrioso adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • laborioso adj (hard-working and persistent)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 勤勉 adj (hard-working and persistent)

Korean

2 entries
  • 근면하다 adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • 부지런하다 adj (hard-working and persistent)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • эмгекчил adj (hard-working and persistent)

Latin

3 entries
  • industrius adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • labōriōsus adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • sēdulus adj (hard-working and persistent)

Latvian

4 entries
  • centīgs adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • cītīgs adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • strādīgs adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • uzcītīgs adj (hard-working and persistent)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • трудољубив adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • усрден adj (hard-working and persistent)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡴᡳᠴᡝᠪᡝ adj (hard-working and persistent)

Māori

4 entries
  • ahunui adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • ahuwhenua adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • houhere adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • mamahi adj (hard-working and persistent)

Persian

1 entries
  • تخشا adj (hard-working and persistent)

Polish

1 entries
  • pilny adj (hard-working and persistent)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • diligente adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • esforçado adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • industrioso adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • laborioso adj (hard-working and persistent)

Romanian

3 entries
  • harnic adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • industrios adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • laborios adj (hard-working and persistent)

Russian

4 entries
  • приле́жный adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • работя́щий adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • трудолюби́вый adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • усе́рдный adj (hard-working and persistent)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dèanadach adj (hard-working and persistent)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • marljiv adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • trudoljubiv adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • марљив adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • трудољубив adj (hard-working and persistent)

Slovak

3 entries
  • pilný adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • pracovitý adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • usilovný adj (hard-working and persistent)

Spanish

4 entries
  • afanoso adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • aplicado adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • diligente adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • empeñoso adj (hard-working and persistent)

Swedish

3 entries
  • flitig adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • idog adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • ihärdig adj (hard-working and persistent)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sipag adj (hard-working and persistent)

Turkish

1 entries
  • gayretli adj (hard-working and persistent)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • пи́льний adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • рете́льний adj (hard-working and persistent)
  • стара́нний adj (hard-working and persistent)

Urdu

1 entries
  • میہنتی adj (hard-working and persistent)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chăm chỉ adj (hard-working and persistent)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Industrious people look down on laziness.

Source: tatoeba (18840)

If I am dull, I am at least industrious.

Source: tatoeba (40727)

The man is intelligent and industrious.

Source: tatoeba (46008)

The industrious merchant worships his ancestors.

Source: tatoeba (48650)

Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.

More for "industrious"

MeaningAntonymsSentencesWord Type

Keep exploring

Compare antonymsUse in sentencesRead the blog

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.