Synonyms for ingenious
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Clever — of a person, displaying genius, ingenuity or brilliance; inventive
clever, brilliant, inventive, astute, gifted, bright, resourceful, smart, intelligent, skillful US, skilful UK, sharp, able, quick, talented, cute, ready, keen, acute, deft, sly, masterly, crafty
2. Adroit — showing originality or sagacity; characterized by ingenuity; witty
adroit, shrewd, sagacious formal, witty, adept, sharp-witted, dexterous, dextrous UK, quick-witted
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a person, displaying genius, ingenuity or brilliance; inventive.
This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had.
- adj. 2
Showing originality or sagacity; characterized by ingenuity; witty.
He sent me an ingenious reply to an email.
Related words
- Word family
- ingeniosity ingeniousness
Example sentences
- brilliant Even if it's not true, it's a brilliant invention.
- clever The dog was so clever that he seemed almost human.
- inventive Edison was an inventive genius of the United States.
- astute Tom was an astute businessman who made a lot of money.
- shrewd I know that Tom is a very shrewd businessman.
- adroit Kaya was rather adroit at managing conflicts between her employees.
By length
- 3 letters
- sly1
- 4 letters
- able2, cute1, keen1, deft1
- 5 letters
- ready2, quick1, smart1, sharp1, acute2, witty2, adept2
- 6 letters
- bright1, clever2, gifted2, crafty2, astute2, shrewd1, artful2, adroit2
- 7 letters
- fertile2, skilful
- 8 letters
- original4, talented3, skillful2, masterly3, dextrous2
- 9 letters
- brilliant2, inventive3, dexterous, sagacious
- 10 letters
- felicitous4
- 11 letters
- intelligent4, resourceful3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (able2 = 2 syllables).