industries

Economic production fields

Industries is the plural of industry.

The word refers to distinct sectors of economic activity: the tech industry, the film industry, the healthcare industry.

Industries can also mean industriousness collectively, though this use is rare.

When people speak of industries, they usually mean the major branches of manufacturing, commerce, or service that employ workers and generate wealth.

heavy

steel

Carbon-hardened iron alloy

  • ironElement twenty-six
  • machineryCollective mechanical equipment
  • miningExtracting earth's resources

shipbuilding · automotive · aerospace · locomotive · railroad · metallurgy · excavation · earthmoving · cranes · foundry

sectors

agriculture

Cultivation of land, livestock

healthcare · entertainment · insurance · real-estate · transportation · hospitality · publishing · energy · utilities · telecommunications

technology

software

Programs directing computer operations

fintech · AI · robotics · semiconductors · startups · data · analytics · cloud · computing · blockchain

commerce

trade

Exchange of commodities

marketplace · e-commerce · merchants · vendors · sales · distribution · logistics · import · export · consumers

economic

GDP

National output abbreviation

growth · recession · market · productivity · labor · enterprise · rust-belt · tariffs · protectionism

manufacturing

factory

Industrial production facility

fabrication · mass-production · automation · tooling · conveyor · workshop · packaging · inventory · plastics · textiles

creative

film

Movie or coating

gaming · advertising · animation · publishing · design · architecture · craftsmanship · media · broadcasting · streaming

Categories
Opposites
scale and organization

industriescottage industries

Small home-based manufacturing

handicrafts · home crafts · handmade goods · subsistence farming · craft workshops

economic sector type

industriesagriculture

Cultivation of land, livestock

services · service sector · natural resources · knowledge economy · raw materials

INDUSTRIOUSNESS (as quality)

industrieslaziness

Unwillingness to exert oneself

idleness · sloth · indolence · sloths · inactivity

Phrases
Family

industrial, industrious, industrialist, industriousness, industrialized, industriously, industrialization, industrialize, industrialists

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G