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Ingenious

🔄 Synonyms of "Ingenious"

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cunningnounSly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
artfulCharacterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
adroitdeft, dexterous, or skillful
clevernounQuick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
inventivePossessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
creativenounTending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
imaginativeHaving a lively or creative imagination.
originativeThat originates; creative

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WordDefinition
creativeTending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
imaginativeHaving a lively or creative imagination.
adroitdeft, dexterous, or skillful
inventivePossessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
cleverQuick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
originativeThat originates; creative
artfulCharacterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
cunningSly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
intelligentOf high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
wittyClever; amusingly ingenious.
craftyRelating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
talentedEndowed with one or more talents.
giftedEndowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.
astuteShrewd or crafty.
resourcefulCapable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.
innovativeCharacterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.
sophisticatedOf a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
nifty(colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
meticulousCharacterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
wiseShowing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

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