'Industrial' definitions:
Definition of 'industrial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or resulting from industry; "industrial output"
adjective
Having highly developed industries; "the industrial revolution"; "an industrial nation" [ant: nonindustrial]
adjective
Employed in industry; "the industrial classes"; "industrial work"
adjective
Suitable to stand up to hard wear; "industrial carpeting"
Definition of 'Industrial'
From: GCIDE
- Industrial \In*dus"tri*al\, a. [Cf. F. industriel, LL. industrialis. See Industry.] Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights. [1913 Webster]
- The great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- Industrial exhibition, a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries.
- Industrial school, a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'industrial'
From: GCIDE
- blue-collar \blue-collar\ adj.
- 1. of or designating work or workers in industry not requiring well-groomed appearance. [Narrower terms: industrial] white-collar [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers. [Narrower terms: {lower-class, low-class}]
- Syn: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'industrial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- business,
- commercial,
- creational,
- executional,
- fabricational,
- formational,
- functional,
- manufacturing,
- mercantile,
- merchant,
- official,
- pro,
- productional,
- professional,
- retail,
- technical,
- trade,
- trading,
- vocational,
- wholesale
Words containing 'Industrial'
- Industrialism,
- Industrially,
- Industries,
- Industrious,
- Industriously,
- Industriousness,
- Industry,
- industrialization,
- industrialize,
- industrialized,
- industrials,
- Industrial exhibition,
- Industrial school,
- Industry, CA,
- Industry, IL,
- Industry, PA,
- Industry, TX,
- Knight of industry,
- aluminum industry,
- apparel industry,
- arms industry,
- automobile industry,
- banking industry,
- chemical industry,
- coal industry,
- computer industry,
- construction industry,
- cottage industry,
- electronics industry,
- entertainment industry,
- fashion industry,
- film industry,
- garment industry,
- growth industry,
- housing industry,
- industrial arts,
- industrial bank,
- industrial disease,
- industrial engineering,
- industrial enterprise,
- industrial management,
- industrial park,
- industrial plant,
- industrial process,
- industrial psychology,
- industrial revolution,
- industrial union,
- industrial watercourse,
- industry analyst,
- lighting industry,
- movie industry,
- munitions industry,
- oil industry,
- plastics industry,
- refining industry,
- securities industry,
- service industry,
- shipbuilding industry,
- shoe industry,
- sign industry,
- steel industry,
- sunrise industry,
- tobacco industry,
- toy industry,
- trucking industry,
- Chevalier d'industrie,
- congress of industrial organizations,
- industrial air pollution,
- industrial loan company,
- industrial workers of the world,
- industrial-strength,
- toxic industrial waste,
- military-industrial complex,
- oil-industry analyst,
- Dow-Jones Industrial Average,
- american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations