ALL meanings of ingenious
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I i - adjective ingenious person: inventive 1
- adjective ingenious idea: clever, original 1
- noun ingenious (of a person) Clever, original, and inventive. 1
- adjective ingenious characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine. 1
- adjective ingenious cleverly inventive or resourceful: an ingenious press agent. 1
- adjective ingenious Obsolete. intelligent; showing genius. ingenuous. 1
- noun ingenious Ingenious and ingenuous are now distinct from each other and are not synonyms. Ingenious means “characterized by cleverness” or “cleverly inventive,” as in contriving new explanations or methods: an ingenious device; ingenious designers. Ingenuous means “candid” or “innocent”: an ingenuous and sincere statement; a thug with the ingenuous eyes of a choirboy. 1
- adjective ingenious made or done in a clever or original way 0
- adjective ingenious Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent. 0
- adjective ingenious Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived. 0
- adjective ingenious Something that is ingenious is very clever and involves new ideas, methods, or equipment. 0
- adjective ingenious Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious. 0
- adjective ingenious possessing or done with ingenuity; skilful or clever 0
- adjective ingenious having great intelligence; displaying genius 0
- adjective ingenious having genius; having great mental ability 0
- adjective ingenious clever, resourceful, original, and inventive 0