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Synonyms for inventive
ɪnˈvɛn tɪvin·ven·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
imaginative, inventiveadjective
(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
"an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"
Synonyms:
imaginativeAntonyms:
uncreative
Dictionary of English Synonymes
inventiveadjective
Synonyms:
ingenious, creative, quick at contrivance, fertile in expedients
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "inventive":
imaginative, invention, creative, ingenious, resourceful, innovative, inventiveness
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1725 | creative | |
| #4033 | innovative | |
| #7155 | invention | |
| #19460 | imaginative | |
| #26871 | inventive | |
| #28297 | ingenious | |
| #39238 | resourceful | |
| #80138 | inventiveness |
How to use inventive in a sentence?
When we say science we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we can mean such an extremely different thing as the religion of science, the vulgarized derivative from this pure activity manipulated by a sort of priestcraft into a great religious and political weapon.
If he’s determined and inventive and I suspect he’s very inventive and technologically savvy he could find a way around it and conceivably not get caught.
You've just made that economic inventive enormously greater.
By decluttering our mind we can liberate mental forces that can inflame inspiring sparks of creativity. A singular flash or a particular flair on an unusual day can arouse a flood of stimulating thoughts. When we take ourselves off guard and our mind-set by surprise we can stir an array of inventive ideas. ("A flair of inspiration" )
The new range of partnerships through which the fund is able to work is going to help it take a new and inventive approach to adaptation.
Translations for inventive
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- inventiu, enginyósCatalan, Valencian
- vynalézavýCzech
- dyfeisgarWelsh
- opfinderiskeDanish
- εφευρετικόςGreek
- inventemaEsperanto
- kekseliäs, luovaFinnish
- inventifFrench
- berdaya ciptaIndonesian
- inventivoItalian
- vindingrijkDutch
- oppfinneriskeNorwegian
- inventiv, invențial, [[de]] [[invenție]]Romanian
- uppfinningsrikSwedish
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