hardworking

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/ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/

adjective

Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

Similar
assiduousdiligentdoggedindustriousnotablesedulousstudiouspainstaking
OriginEnglish working ← Middle English hard ← Old English heard →
Less commonScrabble 23
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Meanings

adjectivehardworking (comparative more hardworking, superlative most hardworking)

comparative more hardworking · superlative most hardworking · alternative hard-working

  1. Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

    It exacerbates homelessness, slows family formation, prevents workers from moving to opportunity and puts an enormous strain on the budgets of hardworking people.

    2024 August 20, Megan McArdle, “Why Harris’s housing plan won’t work”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2024
    1 more example

    “My team and manager are exceptional; they are hardworking, talented, and supportive,” noted one respondent. “The company as a whole really focuses on their employees and that is very important to me.”

    2022 June 21, Erin Cooper, “The Washington Post Names MIL a 2022 Top Workplace in the D.C. Area”, in MIL, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2022

    Synonyms: assiduous, diligent, dogged, industrious, notable, sedulous, studious, painstaking

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

Similar
assiduousdiligentdoggedindustriousnotablesedulousstudiouspainstakingworksome

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecharacterized by hard work and perseverance

Similar
industrioustirelessuntiringdiligent
Also see
assiduousdiligentearnesthardhandedindustriousseduloustirelessuntiring

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hard(ī)
  4. Old Englishheard
  5. Middle Englishhard
  6. Englishhard
  7. Englishworking
  8. Englishhardworking

From hard + working.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek πολύεργος
  • πολύεργος (polúergos)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Arabic مُجْتَهِد
  • مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Bulgarian трудолюби́в, усъ́рден
  • трудолюби́в (trudoljubív)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • усъ́рден (usắrden)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Catalan treballador
  • treballadortaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Chinese Cantonese 勤力, 勤勉
  • 勤力 (kan⁴ lik⁶)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 勤勉 (kan⁴ min⁵)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 勤勞 /勤劳 (kan⁴ lou⁴)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 勤奮 /勤奋 (kan⁴ fan⁵)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 耐勞 /耐劳 (noi⁶ lou⁴)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 刻苦 (hak¹ fu²)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 努力 (nou⁵ lik⁶)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 勤苦 (kan⁴ fu²)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 用功 (jung⁶ gung¹)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Chinese Mandarin 勤勉, 勤
  • 勤勉 (qínmiǎn)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 勤 (qín)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 勤勞 /勤劳 (qínláo)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 勤奮 /勤奋 (qínfèn)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 耐勞 /耐劳 (nàiláo)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 刻苦 (kèkǔ)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 努力 (nǔlì)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 勤苦 (qínkǔ)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • 用功 (yònggōng)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Czech pilný
  • pilnýtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Danish hårdtarbejdende, flittig
  • hårdtarbejdendetaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • flittigtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • arbejdsomtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Dutch ijverig, vlijtig
  • ijverigtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • vlijtigtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Esperanto laborema
  • laboremataking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Finnish ahkera
  • ahkerataking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
French industrieux, diligent
  • industrieuxtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • diligenttaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • travailleurtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
German fleißig, arbeitsam
  • fleißigtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • arbeitsamtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • eifrigtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Hebrew חָרוּץ
  • חָרוּץ (kharúsh)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Hindi कर्मठ, कर्मनिष्ठ
  • कर्मठ (karmaṭh)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • कर्मनिष्ठ (karmaniṣṭh)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • परिश्रमी (pariśramī)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • उद्योगी (udyogī)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • मेहनती (mehnatī)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Hungarian szorgalmas, szorgos
  • szorgalmastaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • szorgostaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • dolgostaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Irish saothrach
  • saothrachtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Japanese 勤勉
  • 勤勉 (kinben)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Korean 근면하다
  • 근면하다 (geunmyeonhada)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Latin labōrifer
  • labōrifertaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Latvian strādīgs, centīgs
  • strādīgstaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • centīgstaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • cītīgstaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • uzcītīgstaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • čaklstaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Māori tōhaunui
  • tōhaunuitaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Persian سختکوشی
  • سختکوشی (saxt-kuši)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Polish pracowity, pilny
  • pracowitytaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • pilnytaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Portuguese trabalhador, diligente
  • trabalhadortaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • diligentetaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Romanian harnic, sârguincios
  • harnictaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • sârguinciostaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • muncitortaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • laboriostaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • diligenttaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Russian приле́жный, усе́рдный
  • приле́жный (priléžnyj)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • усе́рдный (usérdnyj)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • трудолюби́вый (trudoljubívyj)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • работя́щий (rabotjáščij)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • рачи́тельный (račítelʹnyj)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Scottish Gaelic dèanadach
  • dèanadachtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Slovak pracovitý
  • pracovitýtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Spanish trabajador, esforzado
  • trabajadortaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • esforzadotaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • chamberotaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • hacendosotaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • chambeadortaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • laburadortaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • empeñosotaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • laboriosotaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • currantetaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Swedish idog, flitig
  • idogtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • flitigtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • arbetsamtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Thai ขยัน
  • ขยัน (kà-yǎn)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Turkish çalışkan
  • çalışkantaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Ukrainian працьови́тий, роботя́щий
  • працьови́тий (pracʹovýtyj)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • роботя́щий (robotjáščyj)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • стара́нний (staránnyj)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
  • рете́льний (retélʹnyj)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Urdu میہنتی
  • میہنتی (mehnatī)taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Vietnamese chăm chỉ
  • chăm chỉtaking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious, diligent, assiduous
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“hardworking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardworking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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