Despite adversity, the ingenious man achieved worldwide fame.
Source: tatoeba (19888)
Ingenious
/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs/
Synonyms for "ingenious" (172 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Adjective(10 words)
acuteadeptadroitaptarchartfulartisticastuteauthoritativebravurabrightbrilliantcageycannycleancleverconceptiveconceptualcoordinatedcrack
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Noun(1 words)
artistic movement
Strong matches (51)
Related words (86)
Adjective(12 words)
keenknowingmachiavellianmachiavellicmagisterialmastermasterfulmasterlymercurialneatno meannotionalon the balloriginaloriginativepawkypoliticpregnantproductiveprofessional
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proficientprolificquickquite somereadyresourcefulschemingseminalserpentineshapingsharpshiftyshrewdskilledskillfulslickslimslipperyslysmartsmoothsnakysneakysomesophisticalstatesmanlikestealthystrategicstylishsubtilesubtlesuppletactfultacticaltalentedteemingthe compleatthe completetrickishtricksytrickyvirtuosovisionedvulpinewarywell donewell-donewilyworkmanlike
Determiner(1 words)
most art technique
Noun(4 words)
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More general
3 entriesMore specific
4 entriesclever solutioningenious designingenious deviceingenious method
Collocations
5 entriesingenious approachingenious designingenious deviceingenious methodingenious solution
Inflections
2 entriesmore ingeniousmost ingenious
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- остроумен adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Catalan
1 entries- enginyós adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 热情的 adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- 独创的 adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Dutch
1 entries- vernuftig adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Finnish
2 entries- nokkela adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- terävä adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
German
4 entries- einfallsreich adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- findig adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- geistreich adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- geistsprühend adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Greek
2 entries- δαιμόνιος adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- πολυμήχανος adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Hungarian
1 entries- leleményes adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Russian
4 entries- замысловатый adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- затейливый adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- оригинальный adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- остроумный adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Sanskrit
1 entries- चतुर adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- seòlta adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
- teòma adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Spanish
1 entries- ingenioso adj (witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Edison was an ingenious person.
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The ingenious man received the prestigious award for the first time.
Source: tatoeba (282699)
The ingenious boy won a prize for his invention.
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