What does industrious mean?
Industrious means Hard-working and persistent..
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/ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs/ · adjective
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?
Use industrious when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Industrious means Hard-working and persistent..
Common synonyms include assiduous, diligent, dogged, hardworking.
Possible antonyms include lazy, absent-minded, changeable, distractible.
He was a very industrious student at school.
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