ingenious

/in'dʤi:njəs/

Thân thiện

An engineer devised an ingenious solution to the water filtration problem.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Showing inventiveness and skill: Characterized by cleverness, originality, and resourcefulness in conception or execution.
   • Cleverly conceived or executed: Marked by an ability to solve problems or create things in a novel, simple, and effective way.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The inventor created an ingenious device that could fold clothes automatically.
  • Her ingenious plan allowed the team to complete the project ahead of schedule and under budget.
  • The escape artist's ingenious tricks always amazed the audience.

Advanced Usage

• "to be ingenious at (doing) something": To be exceptionally clever or resourceful in a particular area.
  • He is ingenious at finding new uses for old materials.
• "with ingenious simplicity": Describing something that is cleverly effective precisely because it is simple.
  • The lock was opened with an ingenious simplicity, using just a paperclip.

Variants and Related Words

• Ingeniously (adverb): In a clever, original, and inventive manner.
  • The puzzle was ingeniously designed.
• Ingeniousness (noun): The quality of being ingenious.
  • The ingeniousness of the app's design won it several awards.

Synonyms

• Clever: Mentally sharp, quick to understand or learn.
• Inventive: Having the ability to create or design new things.
• Resourceful: Able to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.
• Creative: Involving the use of imagination or original ideas to create something.

Antonyms

• Unimaginative: Lacking in imagination or originality.
• Uninspired: Not filled with excitement or creativity; dull.
• Inept: Having or showing no skill; clumsy.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• A stroke of genius: A very clever and original idea or action.
  • Using the solar panel to power the water pump was a stroke of genius.
• To think outside the box: To think creatively, without being constrained by conventional ideas.
  • Solving this crisis will require someone who can think outside the box.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. showing inventiveness and skill
   • a clever gadget
   • the cunning maneuvers leading to his success
   • an ingenious solution to the problem

Từ đồng nghĩa

• clever
• cunning