Edison was an inventive genius of the United States.
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Inventive
//ɪnˈvɛntɪv//
Synonyms for "inventive" (130 found)
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Related words (65)
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Adjective(2 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εὑρετικός adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Belarusian
1 entries- вынахо́длівы adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изобрета́телен adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- нахо́дчив adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Catalan
3 entries- enginyós adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- inventiu adj (of, or relating to invention)
- inventiu adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Czech
1 entries- vynalézavý adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Dutch
1 entries- vindingrijk adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Finnish
2 entries- kekseliäs adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- luova adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
French
2 entries- inventif adj (of, or relating to invention)
- inventif adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Greek
1 entries- εφευρετικός adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Hungarian
4 entries- invenciózus adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- inventív adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- leleményes adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- találékony adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Irish
1 entries- airgtheach adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Italian
2 entries- inventivo adj (of, or relating to invention)
- inventivo adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Polish
2 entries- pomysłowy adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- wynalazczy adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Portuguese
3 entries- engenhoso adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- inventivo adj (of, or relating to invention)
- inventivo adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Romanian
3 entries- de invenție adj (of, or relating to invention)
- inventiv adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- invențial adj (of, or relating to invention)
Russian
2 entries- изобрета́тельный adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- нахо́дчивый adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Spanish
1 entries- inventivo adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Swedish
1 entries- uppfinningsrik adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вига́дливий adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
- винахі́дливий adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Welsh
1 entries- dyfeisgar adj (creative, or skilful at inventing)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He is inventive of excuses.
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I think: Necessity makes inventive.
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Tom is inventive.
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