Definition of ingenious in English:

ingenious

adjective ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəsɪnˈdʒinjəs

1(of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
he was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget
Example sentencesExamples
- We are ingenious and we make great things, be it art, music or inventions.
- So to the extent that you can personify methodology I see him as ingenious but erratic.
- Who save this party, too ingenious for words, would advocate support for England's World Cup efforts?
- On the other hand, a lot of people were saying, well look, he's an ingenious guy.
- I was pleasantly surprised to find my ingenious, distant relative had a setup I had never imagined.
- It was an unfortunate combination of poor building design and a couple of bright minds ingenious enough to take advantage of it.
- The filmmakers were quite ingenious in imposing the needs of the medium on their depiction of Nash.
- What you have to believe is that humans are a very inventive and ingenious species.
- The islanders are a singular, ingenious people, in common with most of the world's island - dwellers.
- An ingenious person should multiply the kinds of congress after the fashion of the different kinds of beasts and of birds.
- And soup is one dish the ingenious Shanghainese have even endowed with seasonal features.
- The Code may have been a heavy burden, but many moviemakers were ingenious enough to adapt.
- Can there be any doubt that Hou is the most ingenious master of our time?
- She is an ingenious poet, a brilliant performer, a funny person, and serious thinker.
- Yes, Donne's tricky and ingenious and he's enjoying his ingenuity.
Synonyms
inventive, creative, imaginative, original, innovative, resourceful, enterprising, insightful, inspired, perceptive, intuitive
clever, intelligent, bright, smart, brilliant, masterly, talented, gifted, skilful, capable
sharp, astute, sharp-witted, razor-sharp, quick, quick-witted, shrewd
elaborate, sophisticated, trailblazing, pioneering
informal on the ball, thinking outside the box, genius
1. 1.1 (of a machine or idea) cleverly and originally devised and well suited to its purpose.
  ingenious devices
  his theory, while ingenious, is most assuredly incorrect
  Example sentencesExamples
  Another ingenious invention was a system to prevent early starts in the foot races.
  The first problem with my ingenious master scheme was that I had no idea how to go about doing this.
  Imagine if you could summon the nerve to design an ingenious plot that would slowly peel him or her apart.
  Each method used is an ingenious result of intelligent and creative thinking.
  Originality and innovation brings intelligent and ingenious solutions to problems.
  And this was an ingenious insight; how voice is like a kind of a spectral ghost.
  Using the concept of tax relief as the means of reparation is also an ingenious idea.
  It is indubitably ingenious and capable of delivering the peace we all yearn for.
  People, children, have some ingenious ways of coping with the impossible and the unbearable.
  Before the invention of refrigerators, ingenious ways were found to keep food cold.
  This elaborate and ingenious argument breaks down at a number of points.
  It cannot be the function of the court to decide how clever or ingenious a particular invention was.
  The outlaw's intelligence is often displayed in his ingenious escapes.
  An English geologist has come up with one of the most ingenious ideas yet suggested.
  The elaborate subterfuge is often ingenious, but not enough to sustain an entire movie.
  I was shocked at the ingenious methods people would use to get money to buy drugs.
  The paint knife is an ingenious invention that squirts paint when pressure is applied to the blade.
  No ingenious sophistry can overthrow this fact of experience.
  This is used to refer to anyone capable of finding ingenious solutions to problems.
  The company has a reputation for inventive adaptations, ingenious design and musical innovation.

Derivatives

ingeniousness

noun ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəsnəsɪnˈdʒinjəsnəs

Annette covered her mouth as she smiled at the ingeniousness and simplicity of Paul's plan.
Example sentencesExamples
- The ingeniousness of tatami is realised as a square is removed to reveal the pit, which naturally is black lacquer with seasonal embossed images.
- Justin soon realized the ingeniousness of this.
- In the administrative building several display cases of contraband items and homemade weapons give evidence to prisoners' ingeniousness.
- In fact, all you need is a reasonable grasp of physics and electrical engineering to appreciate the ingeniousness of microwave weapons.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French ingénieux or Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium 'mind, intellect'; compare with engine.

engine from Middle English:
Engine is from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, the source also of ingenious (Late Middle English). Like many English words that now start with en-, it could also be spelled in-. Its original senses were ‘ingenuity, cunning’, and ‘natural talent, wit, genius’, which survives in Scots as ingine. From there it became ‘the product of ingenuity, a plot, or snare’, and also ‘a tool or weapon’, specifically a large mechanical weapon, such as a battering ram or heavy catapult, constructed by engineers (Middle English). By the first half of the 17th century something like our idea of an engine had arisen, a fairly complex device with moving parts that worked together.

Rhymes

genius, heterogeneous, homogeneous

Definition of ingenious in US English:

ingenious

adjectiveinˈjēnyəsɪnˈdʒinjəs

1(of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
he was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget
Example sentencesExamples
- The islanders are a singular, ingenious people, in common with most of the world's island - dwellers.
- What you have to believe is that humans are a very inventive and ingenious species.
- And soup is one dish the ingenious Shanghainese have even endowed with seasonal features.
- It was an unfortunate combination of poor building design and a couple of bright minds ingenious enough to take advantage of it.
- Who save this party, too ingenious for words, would advocate support for England's World Cup efforts?
- We are ingenious and we make great things, be it art, music or inventions.
- She is an ingenious poet, a brilliant performer, a funny person, and serious thinker.
- Yes, Donne's tricky and ingenious and he's enjoying his ingenuity.
- On the other hand, a lot of people were saying, well look, he's an ingenious guy.
- I was pleasantly surprised to find my ingenious, distant relative had a setup I had never imagined.
- So to the extent that you can personify methodology I see him as ingenious but erratic.
- Can there be any doubt that Hou is the most ingenious master of our time?
- An ingenious person should multiply the kinds of congress after the fashion of the different kinds of beasts and of birds.
- The Code may have been a heavy burden, but many moviemakers were ingenious enough to adapt.
- The filmmakers were quite ingenious in imposing the needs of the medium on their depiction of Nash.
Synonyms
inventive, creative, imaginative, original, innovative, resourceful, enterprising, insightful, inspired, perceptive, intuitive
1. 1.1 (of a machine or idea) cleverly and originally devised and well suited to its purpose.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Another ingenious invention was a system to prevent early starts in the foot races.
  The paint knife is an ingenious invention that squirts paint when pressure is applied to the blade.
  It cannot be the function of the court to decide how clever or ingenious a particular invention was.
  The elaborate subterfuge is often ingenious, but not enough to sustain an entire movie.
  This is used to refer to anyone capable of finding ingenious solutions to problems.
  Imagine if you could summon the nerve to design an ingenious plot that would slowly peel him or her apart.
  Before the invention of refrigerators, ingenious ways were found to keep food cold.
  The first problem with my ingenious master scheme was that I had no idea how to go about doing this.
  Using the concept of tax relief as the means of reparation is also an ingenious idea.
  The company has a reputation for inventive adaptations, ingenious design and musical innovation.
  The outlaw's intelligence is often displayed in his ingenious escapes.
  It is indubitably ingenious and capable of delivering the peace we all yearn for.
  I was shocked at the ingenious methods people would use to get money to buy drugs.
  An English geologist has come up with one of the most ingenious ideas yet suggested.
  Originality and innovation brings intelligent and ingenious solutions to problems.
  People, children, have some ingenious ways of coping with the impossible and the unbearable.
  No ingenious sophistry can overthrow this fact of experience.
  Each method used is an ingenious result of intelligent and creative thinking.
  And this was an ingenious insight; how voice is like a kind of a spectral ghost.
  This elaborate and ingenious argument breaks down at a number of points.

Usage

Ingenious and ingenuous are often confused. Ingenious means ‘clever, skillful, resourceful’ (an ingenious device), while ingenuous means ‘artless, frank’ (charmed by the ingenuous honesty of the child)

Origin

Late Middle English: from French ingénieux or Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium ‘mind, intellect’; compare with engine.

单词	ingenious
释义	Definition of ingenious in English: ingenious adjective ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəsɪnˈdʒinjəs 1(of a person) clever, original, and inventive. he was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget Example sentencesExamples We are ingenious and we make great things, be it art, music or inventions. So to the extent that you can personify methodology I see him as ingenious but erratic. Who save this party, too ingenious for words, would advocate support for England's World Cup efforts? On the other hand, a lot of people were saying, well look, he's an ingenious guy. I was pleasantly surprised to find my ingenious, distant relative had a setup I had never imagined. It was an unfortunate combination of poor building design and a couple of bright minds ingenious enough to take advantage of it. The filmmakers were quite ingenious in imposing the needs of the medium on their depiction of Nash. What you have to believe is that humans are a very inventive and ingenious species. The islanders are a singular, ingenious people, in common with most of the world's island - dwellers. An ingenious person should multiply the kinds of congress after the fashion of the different kinds of beasts and of birds. And soup is one dish the ingenious Shanghainese have even endowed with seasonal features. The Code may have been a heavy burden, but many moviemakers were ingenious enough to adapt. Can there be any doubt that Hou is the most ingenious master of our time? She is an ingenious poet, a brilliant performer, a funny person, and serious thinker. Yes, Donne's tricky and ingenious and he's enjoying his ingenuity. Synonyms inventive, creative, imaginative, original, innovative, resourceful, enterprising, insightful, inspired, perceptive, intuitive clever, intelligent, bright, smart, brilliant, masterly, talented, gifted, skilful, capable sharp, astute, sharp-witted, razor-sharp, quick, quick-witted, shrewd elaborate, sophisticated, trailblazing, pioneering informal on the ball, thinking outside the box, genius 1.1 (of a machine or idea) cleverly and originally devised and well suited to its purpose. ingenious devices his theory, while ingenious, is most assuredly incorrect Example sentencesExamples Another ingenious invention was a system to prevent early starts in the foot races. The first problem with my ingenious master scheme was that I had no idea how to go about doing this. Imagine if you could summon the nerve to design an ingenious plot that would slowly peel him or her apart. Each method used is an ingenious result of intelligent and creative thinking. Originality and innovation brings intelligent and ingenious solutions to problems. And this was an ingenious insight; how voice is like a kind of a spectral ghost. Using the concept of tax relief as the means of reparation is also an ingenious idea. It is indubitably ingenious and capable of delivering the peace we all yearn for. People, children, have some ingenious ways of coping with the impossible and the unbearable. Before the invention of refrigerators, ingenious ways were found to keep food cold. This elaborate and ingenious argument breaks down at a number of points. It cannot be the function of the court to decide how clever or ingenious a particular invention was. The outlaw's intelligence is often displayed in his ingenious escapes. An English geologist has come up with one of the most ingenious ideas yet suggested. The elaborate subterfuge is often ingenious, but not enough to sustain an entire movie. I was shocked at the ingenious methods people would use to get money to buy drugs. The paint knife is an ingenious invention that squirts paint when pressure is applied to the blade. No ingenious sophistry can overthrow this fact of experience. This is used to refer to anyone capable of finding ingenious solutions to problems. The company has a reputation for inventive adaptations, ingenious design and musical innovation. Derivatives ingeniousness noun ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəsnəsɪnˈdʒinjəsnəs Annette covered her mouth as she smiled at the ingeniousness and simplicity of Paul's plan. Example sentencesExamples The ingeniousness of tatami is realised as a square is removed to reveal the pit, which naturally is black lacquer with seasonal embossed images. Justin soon realized the ingeniousness of this. In the administrative building several display cases of contraband items and homemade weapons give evidence to prisoners' ingeniousness. In fact, all you need is a reasonable grasp of physics and electrical engineering to appreciate the ingeniousness of microwave weapons. Origin Late Middle English: from French ingénieux or Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium 'mind, intellect'; compare with engine. engine from Middle English: Engine is from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, the source also of ingenious (Late Middle English). Like many English words that now start with en-, it could also be spelled in-. Its original senses were ‘ingenuity, cunning’, and ‘natural talent, wit, genius’, which survives in Scots as ingine. From there it became ‘the product of ingenuity, a plot, or snare’, and also ‘a tool or weapon’, specifically a large mechanical weapon, such as a battering ram or heavy catapult, constructed by engineers (Middle English). By the first half of the 17th century something like our idea of an engine had arisen, a fairly complex device with moving parts that worked together. Rhymes genius, heterogeneous, homogeneous Definition of ingenious in US English: ingenious adjectiveinˈjēnyəsɪnˈdʒinjəs 1(of a person) clever, original, and inventive. he was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget Example sentencesExamples The islanders are a singular, ingenious people, in common with most of the world's island - dwellers. What you have to believe is that humans are a very inventive and ingenious species. And soup is one dish the ingenious Shanghainese have even endowed with seasonal features. It was an unfortunate combination of poor building design and a couple of bright minds ingenious enough to take advantage of it. Who save this party, too ingenious for words, would advocate support for England's World Cup efforts? We are ingenious and we make great things, be it art, music or inventions. She is an ingenious poet, a brilliant performer, a funny person, and serious thinker. Yes, Donne's tricky and ingenious and he's enjoying his ingenuity. On the other hand, a lot of people were saying, well look, he's an ingenious guy. I was pleasantly surprised to find my ingenious, distant relative had a setup I had never imagined. So to the extent that you can personify methodology I see him as ingenious but erratic. Can there be any doubt that Hou is the most ingenious master of our time? An ingenious person should multiply the kinds of congress after the fashion of the different kinds of beasts and of birds. The Code may have been a heavy burden, but many moviemakers were ingenious enough to adapt. The filmmakers were quite ingenious in imposing the needs of the medium on their depiction of Nash. Synonyms inventive, creative, imaginative, original, innovative, resourceful, enterprising, insightful, inspired, perceptive, intuitive 1.1 (of a machine or idea) cleverly and originally devised and well suited to its purpose. Example sentencesExamples Another ingenious invention was a system to prevent early starts in the foot races. The paint knife is an ingenious invention that squirts paint when pressure is applied to the blade. It cannot be the function of the court to decide how clever or ingenious a particular invention was. The elaborate subterfuge is often ingenious, but not enough to sustain an entire movie. This is used to refer to anyone capable of finding ingenious solutions to problems. Imagine if you could summon the nerve to design an ingenious plot that would slowly peel him or her apart. Before the invention of refrigerators, ingenious ways were found to keep food cold. The first problem with my ingenious master scheme was that I had no idea how to go about doing this. Using the concept of tax relief as the means of reparation is also an ingenious idea. The company has a reputation for inventive adaptations, ingenious design and musical innovation. The outlaw's intelligence is often displayed in his ingenious escapes. It is indubitably ingenious and capable of delivering the peace we all yearn for. I was shocked at the ingenious methods people would use to get money to buy drugs. An English geologist has come up with one of the most ingenious ideas yet suggested. Originality and innovation brings intelligent and ingenious solutions to problems. People, children, have some ingenious ways of coping with the impossible and the unbearable. No ingenious sophistry can overthrow this fact of experience. Each method used is an ingenious result of intelligent and creative thinking. And this was an ingenious insight; how voice is like a kind of a spectral ghost. This elaborate and ingenious argument breaks down at a number of points. Usage Ingenious and ingenuous are often confused. Ingenious means ‘clever, skillful, resourceful’ (an ingenious device), while ingenuous means ‘artless, frank’ (charmed by the ingenuous honesty of the child) Origin Late Middle English: from French ingénieux or Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium ‘mind, intellect’; compare with engine.
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