Antonyms for ingenious
ɪnˈdʒin yəsin·ge·nious

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1. ingenious

   Clever, as used in England, especially implies an aptitude for study or learning, and for excellent tho not preeminent mental achievement. The early New England usage as implying simple and weak good nature has largely affected the use of the word throughout the United States, where it has never been much in favor. Smart, indicating dashing ability, is now coming to have a suggestion of unscrupulousness, similar to that of the word sharp, which makes its use a doubtful compliment. The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever. Compare ACUMEN; ASTUTE; POWER.

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless

   Synonyms:
   able, adroit, apt, bright, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talented

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. ingenious

   Antonyms:
   unskillful, slow, uninventive, unready

   Synonyms:
   skillful, adept, clever, inventive, ready, frank, sincere

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. clever, cunning, ingeniousadjective

   showing inventiveness and skill

   "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

   Antonyms:
   maladroit

   Synonyms:
   tricksy, canny, clever, cunning, cagy, slick, sly, cute, cagey, wily, apt, knavish, crafty, guileful, dodgy, tricky, foxy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ingeniousadjective

   Synonyms:
   inventive, resourceful

How to use ingenious in a sentence?

1. Andrew Orwig:

   This is a little more ingenious than most of the schemes, unfortunately, though, this preys on people who are uninformed and perhaps not well educated.

2. Chilean Carlos Espinoza:

   It’s an interesting idea, it makes waiting (for the bus) less boring, it’s an ingenious way of giving a city a soccer atmosphere.

3. Ambrose Bierce:

   An inventor is a person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.

4. Livy:

   Men?s minds are generally ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves.

5. Henry Kissinger:

   No foreign policy-no matter how ingenious-has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

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