industries

NOUN

manufacturing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

business commerce corporation management production trade

STRONG

manufactory mob monopoly outfit traffic

WEAK

big business commercial enterprise megacorp multinational

Antonyms

WEAK

idleness indolence laziness lethargy unemployment worthlessness

NOUN

hard work

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity energy enterprise labor

STRONG

application assiduity attention care determination diligence dynamism effort intentness inventiveness pains patience perseverance persistence tirelessness toil vigor zeal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idleness inactivity indolence laziness

STRONG

apathy disregard hesitation ignorance indifference lethargy neglect negligence

WEAK

unemployment worthlessness

Example Sentences

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But some industries will be less able to offer flexibility than others.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

"Because the foundations for the industries of the future are being laid today."

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

Compound that with domestic crises like a narrowly averted Samsung factory strike and an overall slowdown in non-tech industries, and things have become rather volatile on the peninsula.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026

In industries where AI can handle research, drafting, coding, editing and analysis, the result isn’t necessarily unemployment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

The government urged industries to provide sleeping accommodations for workers so that they would not have to return home during the strike.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela