Synonyms for industry
ˈɪn də striin·dus·t·ry

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. industrynoun

   The tendency to work persistently.

   Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.

   Synonyms:
   application, diligence

2. industrynoun

   Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole.

   Synonyms:
   sector, field

3. industrynoun

   Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.

   There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism.

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. industry

   Industry is the quality, action, or habit of earnest, steady, and continued attention or devotion to any useful or productive work or task, manual or mental. Assiduity (Latin ad, to, and sedeo, sit), as the etymology suggests, sits down to a task until it is done. Diligence (Latin diligo, love, choose) invests more effort and exertion, with love of the work or deep interest in its accomplishment; application (Latin ad, to, and plico, fold) bends to its work and concentrates all one's powers upon it with utmost intensity; hence, application can hardly be as unremitting as assiduity. Constancy is a steady devotion of heart and principle. Patience works on in spite of annoyances; perseverance overcomes hindrances and difficulties; persistence strives relentlessly against opposition; persistence has very frequently an unfavorable meaning, implying that one persists in spite of considerations that should induce him to desist. Industry is diligence applied to some avocation, business, or profession. Labor and pains refer to the exertions of the worker and the tax upon him, while assiduity, perseverance, etc., refer to his continuance in the work.

   Synonyms:
   application, assiduity, attention, constancy, diligence, effort, exertion, intentness, labor, pains, patience, perseverance, persistence, sedulousness

   Antonyms:
   changeableness, fickleness, idleness, inattention, inconstancy, indolence, neglect, negligence, remissness, sloth

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. industry

   Synonyms:
   activity, toil, assiduity, diligence, perseverance

   Antonyms:
   inactivity, ease, indiligence, indolence

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. industrynoun

   the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

   "each industry has its own trade publications"

   Synonyms:
   industriousness, diligence, manufacture

2. industry, manufacturenoun

   the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

   "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"

   Synonyms:
   industriousness, diligence, manufacture, fabrication, manufacturing

3. diligence, industriousness, industrynoun

   persevering determination to perform a task

   "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"

   Synonyms:
   industriousness, diligence, manufacture, application

Matched Categories

1. • Commercial Enterprise
   • Determination
   • Industry

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. industrynoun

   Synonyms:
   assiduity, assiduousness, sedulousness, perseverance, activity, DILIGENCE, habitual devotion to labor

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1. industrynoun

   Synonyms:
   assiduity, diligence, activity, labor, work, exertion, efforts

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1. List of paraphrases for "industry":

   industrial, industries, sector, 'industrie, industria, industrie, yip, 'industria, manufacturing, business, industri, sectors, area, trade, profession, maker, branch

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1. Mark Schoeberl:

   This unfortunately comes from an administration that has repeatedly placed the needs of the tobacco industry on equal footing with public health, the administration should instead focus on more meaningful efforts to end youth tobacco use and nicotine addiction.

2. Brian Jagodnik:

   People wanted to get out. They wanted to get away from other people and stay safe, and we were all limited in what we could do, it pushed people outside and to travel away from others and take the road less traveled, and so the industry just continued to grow.

3. Philip Miller:

   Overall, based on the metrics, the industry is looking in really good shape.

4. Conor Bernstein:

   Until the pandemic hit this year, this administration stopped those declines and had even begun to reverse them. Stopping such a steep and rapid decline is significant in itself and shouldnt be overlooked, this administration has worked to address eight years of regulatory overreach to level the playing field not just for coal but a variety of industries. The result has been a return of competition in the energy industry although we still have a long way to go thanks to outsized subsidies for renewables.

5. Margaret Jones:

   The 'self care' movement tends to focus on solo activities — like a facial or an indulgent dessert, but we’ve seen this trend impacting the events industry — and bringing people together as a result.