industrious.

Consistently active and diligent in useful work.

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Words that belong together

• industrious worker
• industrious habits

On the page

The industrious assistants cataloged the collection before winter.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more industrious; superlative most industrious when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.