hardworking

[ hahrd-wur-king ]

adjective

1. industrious; zealous:

   a hardworking family man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hardworking¹

First recorded in 1765–75; hard + working

Example Sentences

"UEA will not survive or thrive with fewer hardworking staff," he said.

From BBC

Like many hardworking Americans, Barnett gradually rebuilt his finances, thriving in the mid-to-late 2010s by ghostwriting and performing consulting work.

From Salon

Owner Antony Akathiotis wants to make sure his "hardworking" employee is protected.

From BBC

A kind of subconcern underneath that was that these loyalists, unlike so many of the advisers Trump kept around him during that initial term, could be hardworking and knowledgeable about the operations of government, enabling him to actually, successfully carry out his most impulsive and punitive schemes: having enemies arrested, shutting down CNN because Jake Tapper made him mad, overthrowing the government because he doesn’t like the outcome of an election, that sort of thing.

From Slate

She wrote in the Sun on Sunday that her Budget was for "hardworking families up and down the country who have been crying out for change".

From BBC

Related Words

• dedicated
• diligent