in·gen·ious

(ĭn-jēn′yəs)

adj.

1. Having great inventive skill and imagination: an ingenious negotiator.

2. Marked by or exhibiting originality or inventiveness: an ingenious solution to the problem.

3. Obsolete Having genius; brilliant.

[Middle English, from Old French ingenios, from Latin ingeniōsus, from ingenium, inborn talent; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

in·gen′ious·ly adv.

in·gen′ious·ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	ingeniousness - the power of creative imagination cleverness, ingenuity, inventiveness creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create resourcefulness, imagination, resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
	2.	ingeniousness - the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design" ingenuity, cleverness high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior

ingeniousness

noun

The power or ability to invent:

creativeness, creativity, ingenuity, invention, inventiveness, originality.

Translations

بَراعَه، نُبوغ

vynalézavost

genialitet

Erfindungsgabe

ingéniosité

hugvitssemi

yaratıcılıkzekâ

机灵

ingenious

(inˈdʒiːnjəs) adjective

1. (of a person or his personality etc) clever at inventing. He was ingenious at making up new games for the children.

2. (of an object or idea) cleverly made or thought out. an ingenious plan/machine.

inˈgeniously adverb

inˈgeniousness noun

ingenuity (indʒəˈnjuəti) noun

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