Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Invention
Synonyms for "invention" (197 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (59)
crowning achievementdeliriumdescantdetectiondeterminationdeterminingdevelopmentdevicedevisingdisclosuredistillationdistinguishmenteffecteidolonelectronic musicend productespialessenceetudeexcavation
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exerciseexhumationexposureextractextravaganzafablefabricationfakefalsehoodfalsificationfancyfantasquefantasyfecundityfertile mindfertilityfibfictionfigmentfigment of the imaginationfindfindingfinding outforgeryfruitgadgetgenerationgimmickgizmohallucinationhandiworkharmonizationhatchingidle fancyillusionimagery
Noun(3 words)
Related words (98)
imaginationimaginingimprovisationincidental musicingenuityinnovationinstrumental musicinsubstantial imageintroductioninventivenessissueleaplielocatinglocationlucky strikemaggotmake believemake-believemaking do
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manufacturemasterpiecemasterworkmintagemythnachtmusikneologismnew mintagenew phasenocturnenoveltyoffspringoperaopusopusculeorchestrationoriginaloriginalityoriginationoutcomeoutgrowthphantasmphantompiecepregnant imaginationpretenceprevaricationproductproductionproductivityprogram musicprolificacyrecognitionrediscoveryresourceresultrevelationricercarromancescoreserendipityshamsick fancysonatasonatinaspottingstorystretch of the imaginationstrikestring orchestrastring quartetstudytaletall storytall taleteeming imaginationtheme and variationsthick-coming fanciestreasure trovetriotriptrouvailletroveuncoveringunearthingvaporvariationvisionwhimwhimsywildest dreamwildest dreamsworkyarn
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Translations
141 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- uitvinding noun (something invented)
Albanian
1 entries- shpikje noun (something invented)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- εὕρεσις noun (act of inventing)
- εὕρημα noun (something invented)
Arabic
1 entries- اِخْتِرَاع noun (something invented)
Armenian
1 entries- գյուտ noun (something invented)
Asturian
3 entries- invención noun (something invented)
- invención noun (act of inventing)
- inventu noun (something invented)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ixtira noun (something invented)
Belarusian
1 entries- вынахо́дства noun (something invented)
Bengali
1 entries- আবিষ্কার noun (something invented)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изобрета́телност noun (capacity to invent)
- изобрете́ние noun (something invented)
- изобретя́ване noun (act of inventing)
- откри́ване noun (act of inventing)
Burmese
1 entries- တီထွင်မှု noun (something invented)
Catalan
4 entries- invenció noun (something invented)
- invenció noun (act of inventing)
- invenció noun (small self-contained musical composition)
- invent noun (something invented)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 發明 /发明 noun (something invented)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 發明 /发明 noun (something invented)
Czech
1 entries- vynález noun (something invented)
Danish
1 entries- opfindelse noun (something invented)
Dutch
1 entries- uitvinding noun (something invented)
Esperanto
1 entries- invento noun (something invented)
Estonian
1 entries- leiutis noun (something invented)
Finnish
4 entries- inventio noun (small self-contained musical composition)
- kekseliäisyys noun (capacity to invent)
- keksiminen noun (act of inventing)
- keksintö noun (something invented)
French
1 entries- invention noun (something invented)
Galician
3 entries- invención noun (something invented)
- invención noun (act of inventing)
- invento noun (something invented)
Georgian
3 entries- გამოგონება noun (act of inventing)
- გამოგონებისა noun (something invented)
- გამომგონებლობა noun (capacity to invent)
German
4 entries- Einfallsreichtum noun (capacity to invent)
- Erfinden noun (act of inventing)
- Erfindig noun (something invented)
- Erfindung noun (something invented)
Greek
2 entries- εφεύρεση noun (something invented)
- εφεύρεση noun (act of inventing)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַמְצָאָה noun (something invented)
Hindi
1 entries- आविष्कार noun (something invented)
Hungarian
3 entries- feltalálás noun (act of inventing)
- invenció noun (small self-contained musical composition)
- találmány noun (something invented)
Icelandic
1 entries- uppfinning noun (something invented)
Ido
2 entries- invento noun (act of inventing)
- inventuro noun (something invented)
Indonesian
4 entries- invensi noun (something invented)
- invensi noun (act of inventing)
- penemuan noun (act of inventing)
- penemuan baru noun (something invented)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- اِخْتِراع noun (something invented)
Irish
3 entries- aireag noun (capacity to invent)
- aireagán noun (something invented)
- fionnachtain noun (act of inventing)
Italian
3 entries- inventione noun (small self-contained musical composition)
- invenzione noun (something invented)
- invenzione noun (small self-contained musical composition)
Japanese
2 entries- インベンション noun (small self-contained musical composition)
- 発明 noun (something invented)
Kazakh
2 entries- ойлап табу noun (something invented)
- өнертабыс noun (something invented)
Khmer
3 entries- ការប្រឌិត noun (something invented)
- តក្កកម្ម noun (something invented)
- ប្រឌិត noun (something invented)
Korean
1 entries- 발명 noun (something invented)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ойлоп табуу noun (something invented)
Latvian
2 entries- izgudrojums noun (something invented)
- izgudrošana noun (act of inventing)
Lithuanian
1 entries- išradimas noun (something invented)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Erfindung noun (something invented)
Macedonian
2 entries- изум noun (something invented)
- пронајдок noun (something invented)
Maltese
1 entries- invenzjoni noun (something invented)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- îcad noun (something invented)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oppfinnelse noun (something invented)
Old English
2 entries- orþanc noun (something invented)
- orþanc noun (act of inventing)
Pashto
1 entries- اختراع noun (something invented)
Polish
2 entries- wynalazek noun (something invented)
- wynalezienie noun (act of inventing)
Portuguese
4 entries- inventividade noun (capacity to invent)
- invenção noun (something invented)
- invenção noun (act of inventing)
- invenção noun (capacity to invent)
Romanian
1 entries- invenție noun (something invented)
Russian
4 entries- изобрета́тельность noun (capacity to invent)
- изобрете́ние noun (something invented)
- изобрете́ние noun (act of inventing)
- инве́нция noun (small self-contained musical composition)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ìzum noun (something invented)
- ѝзум noun (something invented)
Slovak
1 entries- vynález noun (something invented)
Slovene
1 entries- izum noun (something invented)
Spanish
3 entries- invención noun (something invented)
- invención noun (capacity to invent)
- invento noun (something invented)
Swedish
4 entries- invention noun (small self-contained musical composition)
- uppfinning noun (something invented)
- uppfinningsförmåga noun (capacity to invent)
- uppfinningsrikedom noun (capacity to invent)
Tagalog
1 entries- imbensiyon noun (something invented)
Tajik
1 entries- ихтироъ noun (something invented)
Tamil
2 entries- கண்டுபிடிப்பு noun (something invented)
- கண்டுபிடிப்பு noun (act of inventing)
Telugu
1 entries- కల్పన noun (something invented)
Thai
1 entries- สิ่งประดิษฐ์ noun (something invented)
Tibetan
1 entries- གསར་བཟོ noun (something invented)
Turkish
2 entries- buluş noun (something invented)
- icat noun (something invented)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́найдення noun (act of inventing)
- ви́нахід noun (something invented)
- винахо́дження noun (act of inventing)
- винахі́дливість noun (capacity to invent)
Urdu
3 entries- اِخْتِراع noun (something invented)
- اِیجاد noun (something invented)
- اِیجادات noun (something invented)
Uyghur
2 entries- كەشپ noun (something invented)
- كەشپىيات noun (something invented)
Uzbek
1 entries- ixtiro noun (something invented)
Vietnamese
2 entries- phát minh noun (something invented)
- sáng chế noun (something invented)
Volapük
1 entries- datuvot noun (something invented)
Welsh
1 entries- dyfais noun (something invented)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
We have a good opinion of your invention.
Source: tatoeba (23034)
Making use of fire may be regarded as man's greatest invention.
Source: tatoeba (23880)
Language as we know is a human invention.
Source: tatoeba (28876)
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