ingenuitynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɪn.dʒəˈnjuː.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.dʒəˈnjuː.ə.t̬i/someone's ability to think of clever new ways of doing something:
Drug smugglers constantly use their ingenuity to find new ways of getting drugs into a country.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Intelligence
- acuity
- acumen
- agile
- apt
- artful
- as (if) to the manner born idiom
- brilliance
- gumption
- highbrow
- horse sense
- imaginative
- ingenious
- profound
- quick-witted
- razor-sharp
- ready
- resource
- resourceful
- resourcefulness
- scholarly
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