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Synonyms for ingenuity
ˌɪn dʒəˈnu ɪ ti, -ˈnyu-in·ge·nu·ity
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
ingenuitynoun
Address is that indefinable something which enables a man to gain his object without seeming exertion or contest, and generally with the favor and approval of those with whom he deals. It is a general power to direct to the matter in hand whatever qualities are most needed for it at the moment. It includes adroitness and discretion to know what to do or say and what to avoid; ingenuity to devise; readiness to speak or act; the dexterity that comes of practise; and tact, which is the power of fine touch as applied to human character and feeling. Courtesy and politeness are indispensable elements of good address. Compare SPEECH.
Synonyms:
address, address, adroitness, courtesy, dexterity, discretion, manners, politeness, readiness, tactAntonyms:
awkwardness, boorishness, clownishness, clumsiness, fatuity, folly, ill manners, ill-breeding, rudeness, stupidity, unmannerliness, unwisdomPreposition:
Address in dealing with opponents; the address of an accomplished intriguer; an address to the audience.
Princeton's WordNet
inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, clevernessnoun
the power of creative imagination
Synonyms:
smartness, brightness, cleverness, inventiveness, ingeniousnessingenuity, ingeniousness, clevernessnoun
the property of being ingenious
"a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"
Synonyms:
ingeniousness, smartness, brightness, cleverness, inventiveness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
ingenuitynoun
Synonyms:
inventiveness, ingeniousness, ability, capableness, capacity, faculty, aptitude, aptness, cleverness, knack, turn, gift, genius
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List of paraphrases for "ingenuity":
resourcefulness, inventiveness, cleverness, genius, wit, naivety
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #249 | address | |
| #5765 | courtesy | |
| #6747 | discretion | |
| #8200 | genius | |
| #9873 | wit | |
| #11898 | brightness | |
| #12653 | readiness | |
| #16575 | manners | |
| #28641 | ingenuity | |
| #32408 | dexterity | |
| #32973 | tact | |
| #53609 | politeness | |
| #69512 | cleverness | |
| #75367 | resourcefulness | |
| #80138 | inventiveness | |
| #131013 | naivety | |
| #185705 | smartness | |
| #291246 | adroitness |
How to use ingenuity in a sentence?
We have come so far, and we want to go farther, but we have known since the very beginning our time at Mars was limited, and every operational day is a blessing. Whether Ingenuity’s mission ends tomorrow, next week, or months from now is something no one can predict at present. What I can predict is that when it does, we’ll have one heck of a party.
The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although Moses only speaks of idolatry, yet there is no doubt but that by synecdoche, as in all the rest of the law, he condemns all fictitious services which men in their ingenuity have invented.
I am super passionate to get everyone back, what we are really missing is that creativity, and that spontaneity and the ingenuity and talking to your teammates face-to-face. The whole creativity has kind of been gutted without people being together. I've seen a big cultural effect of connecting to your co-workers.
It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve.
Challenges cultivate ingenuity
Translations for ingenuity
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- enginyCatalan, Valencian
- snedighedDanish
- Raffinesse, Findigkeit, Scharfsinn, EinfallsreichtumGerman
- εξυπνάδαGreek
- eltrovemoEsperanto
- ingenioSpanish
- نبوغPersian
- nerokkuus, nokkeluusFinnish
- ingéniositéFrench
- leleményesség, találékonyságHungarian
- ingegnosità, ingegnoItalian
- שְׁנִינוּתHebrew
- 独創性Japanese
- kløktNorwegian
- vernuftDutch
- kløktNorwegian Nynorsk
- engenhosidadePortuguese
- находчивость, изобрететельностьRussian
- инвентивност, inventivnostSerbo-Croatian
- genialitet, fyndighet, sinnrikhetSwedish
- marifet, hüner, beceri, ustalıkTurkish
- 创造力Chinese
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