ingenious
Adjective Satellite
- showing inventiveness and skill
- "an ingenious solution to the problem"
Adj
- Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
- Characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.
- Showing originality or sagacity; witty.
Examples
- He sent me an ingenious reply to an email.
- That is an ingenious model of the atom.
- This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.
Synonyms
clever, cunning, adroit, amusing, artful, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, diverting, droll, educated, entertaining, genius, gifted, humorous, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, jocose, jocular, keen, knowledgeable, piquant, quick, quick on the draw, quick-witted, rational, sagacious, savvy, scholared, sharp, shrewd, smart, talented, tongue-in-cheek, whip-smart, wise, witty
Scrabble Score: 10
ingenious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordingenious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ingenious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary