💡ingenious

Meaning

very clever and inventive; showing creativity in problem-solving

cleverly inventive; showing creativity and skill; brilliant

Showing inventiveness and skill; clever, original, and inventive.

Example Sentences

The engineer came up with an ingenious solution to the problem.

He came up with an ingenious solution to the problem.

His ingenious ideas transformed modern physics.

Example Expressions

ingenious idea

Synonyms

clever, inventive, resourceful, creative, original, brilliant

Entry 1

clever, inventive, resourceful, creative, original

Entry 2

clever, creative, inventive, brilliant

Entry 3

creative, clever, brilliant

Antonyms

clumsy, unimaginative, dull, stupid, foolish, uninventive, ordinary

Entry 1

clumsy, unimaginative, dull

Entry 2

unimaginative, dull, stupid, foolish

Entry 3

unimaginative, uninventive, ordinary

Collocations

ingenious device, ingenious idea, ingenious solution, ingenious method, ingenious design

Entry 1

ingenious device, ingenious idea, ingenious solution, ingenious method

Entry 2

ingenious idea, ingenious design, ingenious solution