Synonyms for ingenious
ɪnˈdʒin yəsin·ge·nious

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1. ingenious

   Clever, as used in England, especially implies an aptitude for study or learning, and for excellent tho not preeminent mental achievement. The early New England usage as implying simple and weak good nature has largely affected the use of the word throughout the United States, where it has never been much in favor. Smart, indicating dashing ability, is now coming to have a suggestion of unscrupulousness, similar to that of the word sharp, which makes its use a doubtful compliment. The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever. Compare ACUMEN; ASTUTE; POWER.

   Synonyms:
   able, adroit, apt, bright, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talented

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. ingenious

   Synonyms:
   skillful, adept, clever, inventive, ready, frank, sincere

   Antonyms:
   unskillful, slow, uninventive, unready

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. clever, cunning, ingeniousadjective

   showing inventiveness and skill

   "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

   Synonyms:
   tricksy, canny, clever, cunning, cagy, slick, sly, cute, cagey, wily, apt, knavish, crafty, guileful, dodgy, tricky, foxy

   Antonyms:
   maladroit

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ingeniousadjective

   Synonyms:
   inventive, gifted, able, sagacious, clever, bright

2. ingeniousadjective

   Synonyms:
   that shows invention, exhibiting ingenuity

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1. ingeniousadjective

   Synonyms:
   inventive, resourceful

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1. List of paraphrases for "ingenious":

   resourceful, crafty, clever, smart, inventive, imaginative

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1. Pfoofy Solar manager Achoge:

   We were awarded $100,000 by the United States African Development Fund and Power Africa for the ingenious innovation. It is this money that we are now using to upscale the solar project.

2. Ambrose Bierce:

   Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

3. Pfoofy Solar manager Achoge:

   We were awarded $100,000 by the United States African Development Fund and Power Africa for the ingenious innovation. It is this money that we are now using to upscale the solar project.

4. Zhang Hanwen:

   This isn't to say we conclusively disproved any human involvement, in our scenario, modern humans settled on each landmass after proboscidean extinction risk had already escalated. An ingenious, highly adaptable social predator like our species could be the perfect black swan occurrence to deliver the coup de grâce.

5. Prince CharlesPrince Charles:

   The only sad thing for me was not being able to go further into other parts of Nigeria, it is such a vast country and obviously there are so many other states and interesting areas. I know many are facing different challenges and other opportunities, so it was a pity not being able to do that, but otherwise it's always marvellous coming here because people are so friendly. I'm always intrigued by the way so many of these young, for instance, are developing really interesting ideas that they can turn into businesses and things like that, helping to tackle some of the real issues we face, particularly around the environment and waste and goodness knows what else. Very ingenious characters.