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

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Wiktionary2.0 / 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 Antonyms5.0 / 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 Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. industry

    Synonyms:
    activity, toil, assiduity, diligence, perseverance

    Antonyms:
    inactivity, ease, indiligence, indolence

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 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

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. industrynoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. industrynoun

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

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How to use industry in a sentence?

  1. Jos Schmitt:

    It is bad for the Canadian markets' reputation overall, we need to solve the real industry-wide issues and we encourage the Canadian Securities Administrators to address these issues and help bring us out of the data dark ages.

  2. Kwame Addo-Kufuor:

    This is a directive that we welcome ... We believe it will help improve trust amongst stakeholders in the industry, pMMC officials now have permanent access to our gold rooms during gold pours for a first-hand view of the processes, and to take assay samples for analysis and comparison and participate in pre-shipment sealing and processes.

  3. Gerry Soedjatman:

    The message that the Air Asia report sent out was that regulatory oversight in Indonesia and in the region needs to catch up with industry standards, it's going to take a long time to achieve uniformity on everything from quality of training to knowledge, safety and commercial regulations. But they have to start.

  4. John Henke:

    Strong, profitable industry-leading companies are those with the strongest, collaborative supplier relations.

  5. Linda Montag:

    The nice thing about the alcoholic beverage industry is that people tend to drink in good times — and in bad.


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