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People who are unusually inventive or clever
- Ingenious describes people who are unusually inventive or clever, and things that are made or done in an especially original or clever way. Ingenuous describes people and things that show innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness.
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Ingenious describes people who are unusually inventive or clever, and things that are made or done in an especially original or clever way. Ingenuous describes people and things that show innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness.
- Ingenious
1. : having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering,...
- Ingenious
1. : having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving. an ingenious detective. 2. : marked by originality, resourcefulness, and cleverness in conception or execution. an ingenious contraption. 3. obsolete : showing or calling for intelligence, aptitude, or discernment. ingeniously adverb. ingeniousness noun. Synonyms.
(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems: an ingenious engineer / songwriter. She devised an ingenious solution to the problem.
Something ingenious shows creativity and inventiveness. If someone compares you to Einstein, they're implying that you, too, are ingenious.
Anything ingenious is smart and clever, but ingenuous means innocent and naive. The ingenious villain in your favorite comic book series might come up with diabolical plots, while the ingenuous heroine doesn't suspect a thing.
(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems: an ingenious engineer / songwriter. She devised an ingenious solution to the problem.
adjective. /ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/. /ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/. (of an object, a plan, an idea, etc.) very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas. an ingenious device/invention/experiment. ingenious ways of saving energy.
