Thesaurus: ingenious
Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.
Related headwords
geniusdefinitioninventivenessdefinitionshowingdefinitioningenuitydefinitionadroitdefinitionaptitudedefinitionauthordefinitioncharacterizeddefinitioncombinationsdefinitioncontrivancedefinitioncontrivedefinitioncuriousdefinitiondesigndefinitionfacultydefinitionformdefinitionintellectualdefinitioninventdefinitioninventiondefinitionkeendefinitionmachinedefinitionmechanicdefinitionmechanismdefinitionmentaldefinitionmodeldefinitionpertainingdefinitionpossesseddefinitionreplydefinitionsagaciousdefinition
Definitions
- a. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.
- a. Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.
- a. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.
- a. Mental; intellectual.
- adj. showing inventiveness and skill
- j:100 s showing inventiveness and skill