'Ingenious' definitions:
Definition of 'ingenious'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Ingenious'
From: GCIDE
- Ingenious \In*gen"ious\, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ing['e]nieux. See Engine.]
- 1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic. [1913 Webster]
- A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
- Thou, king, send out For torturers ingenious. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Proceeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ingenious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- adept,
- adroit,
- apt,
- arch,
- artful,
- artistic,
- astute,
- authoritative,
- bravura,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- cagey,
- canny,
- clean,
- clever,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- coordinated,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- crafty,
- creative,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- Daedalian,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deft,
- demiurgic,
- designing,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- diplomatic,
- esemplastic,
- excellent,
- expert,
- fancy,
- fecund,
- feline,
- fertile,
- foxy,
- germinal,
- gifted,
- good,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- guileful,
- handy,
- ideational,
- ideative,
- imaginative,
- innovational,
- innovative,
- insidious,
- inspired,
- inventive,
- keen,
- knowing,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- magisterial,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- neat,
- no mean,
- notional,
- on the ball,
- original,
- originative,
- pawky,
- politic,
- pregnant,
- productive,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prolific,
- quick,
- quite some,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- seminal,
- serpentine,
- shaping,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skilled,
- skillful,
- slick,
- slim,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smart,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- some,
- sophistical,
- statesmanlike,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- stylish,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactful,
- tactical,
- talented,
- teeming,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- virtuoso,
- visioned,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- well-done,
- wily,
- workmanlike