Inventiveness
51inventive — adjective able to think of new, different, or interesting ideas: one of the most talented and inventive drummers in modern music inventively adverb inventiveness noun (U): mechanical inventiveness …
52art — n 1 Art, skill, cunning, artifice, craft can mean the faculty of performing or executing expertly what is planned or devised. Art is not actually a comprehensive term but is so variable in its implications that it is interchangeable with any one… …
53cleverness — noun 1. the power of creative imagination (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑inventiveness, ↑ingeniousness, ↑ingenuity • Derivationally related forms: ↑ingenious (for: ↑ingenuity), ↑ …
54ingeniousness — noun 1. the power of creative imagination • Syn: ↑inventiveness, ↑ingenuity, ↑cleverness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ingenious (for: ↑ingenuity), ↑inventive …
55Ingenuity — In ge*nu i*ty, n. [L. ingenuitas ingenuousness: cf. F. ing[ e]nuit[ e]. See {Ingenuous}.] 1. The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining. [1913… …
56dexterous — also dextrous adjective Etymology: Latin dextr , dexter on the right side, skillful Date: 1609 1. mentally adroit and skillful ; clever < her dexterous handling of the crisis > 2. done with dexterity ; a …
57ingenuity — noun (plural ties) Date: circa 1592 1. obsolete candor, ingenuousness 2. a. skill or cleverness in devising or combining ; inventiveness b. cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance 3. an ingenious device or contrivance …
58invention — noun Date: 14th century 1. discovery, finding 2. productive imagination ; inventiveness 3. a. something invented: as (1) a product of the imagination; especially a false conception (2) a device, contrivance, or process originated after study and… …
59inventive — adjective Date: 15th century 1. adept or prolific at producing inventions ; creative < an inventive mind > 2. characterized by invention < an inventive method > • inventively adverb • inventiveness noun …
60prolific — adjective Etymology: French prolifique, from Middle French, from Latin proles + Middle French figue fic Date: 1650 1. producing young or fruit especially freely ; fruitful 2. archaic causing abundant growth, generation, or reproduction 3. marked… …
