1. industrious

adjective. ['ˌɪnˈdʌstriːəs'] characterized by hard work and perseverance.

Rhymes with Industrious

• illustrious

Sentences with industrious

1. Adjective
Today, instead of tossing them away, industrious people are finding ways to put them to new use.

Quotes about industrious

1. I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.
- Johann Sebastian Bach

2. When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man, when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!
- John Wesley

3. It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
- Henry David Thoreau, Letters to Various Persons

2. industrious

adjective. ['ˌɪnˈdʌstriːəs'] working hard to promote an enterprise.