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industrial

/ɪnˈdʌs.tɹi.əl/adjective4 syllables

Industrial means: having highly developed industries.

Synonyms for industrial8

adjective, as in having highly developed industries

developed, highly-developed, industrialized, industrialised, postindustrial, progressive

adjective, as in employed in industry

blue-collar

adjective, as in suitable to stand up to hard wear

heavy-duty

Opposites of industrial

nonindustrial

What does industrial mean?4

adjective

1

having highly developed industries“the industrial revolution”

2

employed in industry“the industrial classes”

3

suitable to stand up to hard wear“industrial carpeting”

4

of or relating to or resulting from industry“industrial output”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Industrial in a sentence

  • The band fuses classical, industrial, and art-rock themes throughout their music.CM
  • Despite a steel shortage, industrial output has increased by five per cent.sundown
  • Despite a shortage of steel, industrial output has increased by five percent.CK
  • Japan's competitiveness is very strong in industrial products, but weak in agricultural products.unknown
  • The suspect committed an act of industrial espionage.Abcormal
  • Algeria is transitioning to a primarily industrial nation.Amastan
  • The dumping of industrial waste has made the city's water supply toxic.mailohilohi
  • Our fossil-fuel based industrial civilization will eventually collapse.janni

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