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Synonyms for ingenious
ɪnˈdʒin yəsin·ge·nious
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
able, adroit, apt, bright, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talentedAntonyms:
awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless
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Princeton's WordNet
clever, cunning, ingeniousadjective
showing inventiveness and skill
"a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
Synonyms:
tricksy, canny, clever, cunning, cagy, slick, sly, cute, cagey, wily, apt, knavish, crafty, guileful, dodgy, tricky, foxyAntonyms:
maladroit
Dictionary of English Synonymes
ingeniousadjective
ingeniousadjective
Synonyms:
that shows invention, exhibiting ingenuity
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
ingeniousadjective
Synonyms:
inventive, resourceful
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List of paraphrases for "ingenious":
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#727 | able | |
#934 | quick | |
#1280 | happy | |
#1292 | ready | |
#2155 | expert | |
#2207 | smart | |
#2537 | frank | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3740 | intellectual | |
#3757 | bright | |
#3996 | cute | |
#4264 | capable | |
#4704 | knowing | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#8670 | talented | |
#8742 | apt | |
#9217 | keen | |
#10247 | clever | |
#12072 | gifted | |
#15441 | sincere | |
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#15928 | tricky | |
#19460 | imaginative | |
#20064 | adept | |
#23246 | sly | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#26871 | inventive | |
#27566 | foxy | |
#28297 | ingenious | |
#34606 | skillful | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#39238 | resourceful | |
#48777 | wily | |
#52506 | skilful | |
#65400 | canny | |
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How to use ingenious in a sentence?
We were awarded $100,000 by the United States African Development Fund and Power Africa for the ingenious innovation. It is this money that we are now using to upscale the solar project.
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.
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.
The only sad thing for me was not being able to go further into other parts of Nigeria, it is such a vast country and obviously there are so many other states and interesting areas. I know many are facing different challenges and other opportunities, so it was a pity not being able to do that, but otherwise it's always marvellous coming here because people are so friendly. I'm always intrigued by the way so many of these young, for instance, are developing really interesting ideas that they can turn into businesses and things like that, helping to tackle some of the real issues we face, particularly around the environment and waste and goodness knows what else. Very ingenious characters.
Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
Translations for ingenious
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- مبتكرArabic
- enginyósCatalan, Valencian
- geniálníCzech
- ingeniös, genialGerman
- μεγαλοφυής, εφευρετικός, πολυμήχανος, δαιμόνιοςGreek
- geniaEsperanto
- ingeniosoSpanish
- دارای قوه ابتکارPersian
- nerokas, terävä, nokkelaFinnish
- ingénieuxFrench
- seòlta, teòmaScottish Gaelic
- találékony, leleményesHungarian
- genialeItalian
- ingeniosaLatin
- ingenieus, vernuftigDutch
- pomysłowyPolish
- engenhosoPortuguese
- ingenios, genial, cu iscusință, iscusitRomanian
- нахо́дчивый, изобрета́тельный, хитроу́мный, оригина́льныйRussian
- سادہUrdu
- 巧妙Chinese
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