ingenious

About 3.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of a person, displaying genius, ingenuity or brilliance; inventive.

   This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had.

2. adjective Of a thing, characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.

   That is an ingenious model of the atom.

3. adjective Showing originality or sagacity; characterized by ingenuity; witty.

   He sent me an ingenious reply to an email.

Similar words

creative imaginative adroit inventive clever originative artful cunning intelligent witty

Often followed by

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Word family

ingeniously ingeniousness ingeniousnesses