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ingenious

adjective
ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs

Meaning

Showing inventiveness and skill; clever, original, and inventive.
cleverly inventive; showing creativity and skill; brilliant
very clever and inventive; showing creativity in problem-solving

Example Sentences

His ingenious ideas transformed modern physics.

He came up with an ingenious solution to the problem.

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

Example Expressions

ingenious idea

Synonyms

creative, clever, brilliant, inventive, resourceful, original
Entry 1
creative, clever, brilliant
Entry 2
clever, creative, inventive, brilliant
Entry 3
clever, inventive, resourceful, creative, original

Antonyms

unimaginative, uninventive, ordinary, dull, stupid, foolish, clumsy
Entry 1
unimaginative, uninventive, ordinary
Entry 2
unimaginative, dull, stupid, foolish
Entry 3
clumsy, unimaginative, dull

Collocations

ingenious idea, ingenious design, ingenious solution, ingenious device, ingenious method
Entry 2
ingenious idea, ingenious design, ingenious solution
Entry 3
ingenious device, ingenious idea, ingenious solution, ingenious method

Related Vocabularies

Involving hard or exhausting work; laborious.
Strongly influencing later developments; highly original and influential.
Of the color between blue and yellow in the spectrum; inexperienced or naive.
designed to prevent failure or accidents; guaranteed to work correctly
Little known or difficult to understand.
Completely sealed, especially so that no air can enter or escape.

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