ingenious

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