Definitions for ingenious

ingenious in·gen·ious

Spelling: [in-jeen-yuh s]
IPA: /ɪnˈdʒin yəs/

Ingenious is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 195 anagrams from letters in ingenious (egiinnosu).

Definitions for ingenious

adjective

  1. characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction:
  2. cleverly inventive or resourceful:
  3. Obsolete. intelligent; showing genius. ingenuous.

Origin of ingenious

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin ingeniōsus, equivalent to ingeni(um) natural disposition, cleverness (in- in-2 + gen- (base of gignere to bring into bei

Examples for ingenious

What I saw was a careful and ingenious reporter ferret out a fraud with care.

We came up with an ingenious plan that would light a fire in the belly of the digital revolution.

Mimicry is an ingenious survival technique, albeit one that is of little use against bulldozers and chainsaws.

If Looking is right, "We're as boring as you" could be the new—at once ingenious and depressing—equality battle cry.

They used every device of ingenious minds to push the siege.

An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

He produced the model of an ingenious contrivance for grinding corn.

The satire was not very brilliant or ingenious; but its meaning was clear.

In ways large and small, devious and immature, ingenious and inspiring, she struggled to escape.

An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver.

Word Value for ingenious
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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