ingenuity

Plural: ingenuities

Noun

• the power of creative imagination
• the property of being ingenious
  • "a plot of great ingenuity"
• The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
• An ingenuous action or thought.
• Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness

Examples

• Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
• Poverty is the mother of ingenuity.
• The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.

Synonyms

cleverness, ingeniousness, inventiveness

Related Words

industriousness, ingenious, ingenuous