Ingenious

Adjective

 * 1) Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
 * 2) Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.
 * 3) Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.

Adverbs for Ingenious
exceedingly; dexterously; expertly; deftly; resourcefully; smartly; shrewdly; incredibly; cleverly; artfully; skilfully; unusually; notably; famously; remarkably; adroitly; particularly; artistically; diplomatically; admirably; amazingly; marvelously; helpfully; extremely; capably; intelligently; unbelievably;

Thesaurus
dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, esemplastic, excellent, expert, fancy, fecund, feline, fertile, foxy, germinal, gifted, good, goodish, graceful, guileful, handy, ideational, ideative, imaginative, innovational, innovative, insidious, inspired, inventive, keen, knowing, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat, no mean, notional, on the ball, original, originative, pawky, politic, pregnant, productive, professional, proficient, prolific, quick, quite some, ready, resourceful, scheming, seminal, serpentine, shaping, sharp, shifty, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, slim, slippery, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, some, sophistical, statesmanlike, stealthy, strategic, stylish, subtile, subtle, supple, tactful, tactical, talented, teeming, the compleat, the complete, trickish, tricksy, tricky, virtuoso, visioned, vulpine, wary, well-done, wily, workmanlike, Daedalian, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, adept, adroit, apt, arch, artful, artistic, astute, authoritative, bravura, bright, brilliant, cagey, canny, clean, clever, conceptive, conceptual, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, crafty, creative, cunning, cute, daedal, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deft, demiurgic, designing,

Etymology
From ingeniosus: < ingenium: < in: + gignere:, OL. genere:. Compare ingénieux:; see also engine.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:witty
 * See also Thesaurus:intelligent

Related terms

 * engine
 * engineer
 * genius


 * ingeniosity
 * ingeniousness

Translations

 * Catalan: enginyós
 * Finnish:
 * French: ingénieux
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: enginyós
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: genia
 * Finnish:
 * French: ingénieux


 * Greek: μεγαλοφυής
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,


 * Catalan: enginyós
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Greek:, δαιμόνιος
 * Hungarian: leleményes
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,