Resourcefulness

Synonyms for "resourcefulness" (68 found)

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Closest matches (14)

ability address airmanship art artfulness artifice artistry bravura brilliance canniness capability capacity cleverness command

Strong matches (20)

competence control coordination craft craftsmanship cunning deftness dexterity diplomacy efficiency expertise facility fertility finesse gamesmanship grace grip guile gumption horsemanship

Related words (34)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries

cleverness ingeniousness ingenuity inventiveness resource

Synonyms

2 entries

ingenuity resource

derived from

1 entries

resourceful

is a

1 entries

resource

related to

6 entries

ability cope difficult problem situation unusual

Translations

24 translations across 17 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

vindingrykheid noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Dutch

1 entries

vindingrijkheid noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Esperanto

1 entries

inventemo noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Finnish

1 entries

neuvokkuus noun (the ability to cope with situations)

French

1 entries

débrouillardise noun (the ability to cope with situations)

German

3 entries

Einfallsreichtum noun (the ability to cope with situations)
Findigkeit noun (the ability to cope with situations)
Genialität noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Greek

2 entries

επινοητικότητα noun (the ability to cope with situations)
ευρηματικότητα noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Hebrew

1 entries

תושייה noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Italian

1 entries

ingegnosità noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Latin

1 entries

ingeniositas noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Macedonian

2 entries

досетливост noun (the ability to cope with situations)
снаодливост noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

oppfinnsomhet noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Polish

1 entries

zaradność noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Portuguese

1 entries

engenhosidade noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Russian

3 entries

изворо́тливость noun (the ability to cope with situations)
изобрета́тельность noun (the ability to cope with situations)
нахо́дчивость noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Slovak

1 entries

vynaliezavosť noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Spanish

2 entries

ingenio noun (the ability to cope with situations)
inventiva noun (the ability to cope with situations)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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A man who lacks resourcefulness is useless.

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I'm really impressed at your resourcefulness.

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On International Women's Day in 2007, then-U.S. Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice established the International Women of Courage Award to be presented to women who have shown leadership, courage and resourcefulness.

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I admire your resourcefulness.

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