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ingenious
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of INGENIOUS
1
having the skill and imagination to create new things <an ingenious but rather eccentric inventor>
Synonyms clever, imaginative, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, inventive, original, originative, Promethean
Related Words gifted, inspired, talented; resourceful; fecund, fertile, fruitful, generative, germinal, productive, prolific
2
showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing <a chair that can't tip over is quite ingenious>
Related Words adventurous, fresh, groundbreaking, novel, original, visionary; cleverish, gadgety, gimmicky; convenient, handy, neat, nifty, practical, useful; complex, sophisticated; adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), expert, handsome, tricky; brainy, intelligent, sharp, smart
Near Antonyms dull, pedantic, pedestrian, stodgy; assembly-line, canned, cookie-cutter, derivative, hackneyed, unoriginal; impractical, useless
Antonyms uncreative, unimaginative
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