What are the antonyms for INGENIOUS?
- incompetent, infertile, ignorant, canned, dull, imitative, impractical, pedestrian, slow, stupid, cookie-cutter, maladroit, idiotic, stodgy, witless, honest, hackneyed, clumsy, derivative, untalented, dumb, senseless, unproductive, pedantic, awkward, assembly line, uninspired, foolish, useless, uncreative, bungling, uninventive, unoriginal, unresourceful, open, Thick-headed, unimaginative, inept.
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Synonyms for INGENIOUS
- on the inside,
- authoritative,
- penetrative,
- Daedalian,
- slick,
- bright,
- on top of,
- accomplished,
- innovational,
- academic,
- precocious,
- character trait,
- alert,
- jocular,
- perceptive,
- causal,
- pregnant,
- deductive,
- having fancy footwork,
- shifty,
- farcical,
- street smart,
- artful,
- class act,
- quick on the trigger,
- Old World,
- Promethean,
- casuistic,
- sagacious,
- novel,
- calculated,
- masterful,
- canny,
- reasoned,
- having good hands,
- originative,
- inspiring,
- got it,
- cute,
- calculating,
- fertile,
- know one's onions,
- facetious,
- visionary,
- cunning,
- evasive,
- snaky,
- droll,
- skillful,
- devious,
- savvy,
- no dummy,
- firsthand,
- outstanding,
- sophisticated,
- revelatory,
- breaking new ground,
- far-fetched,
- unprecedented,
- good,
- practised,
- initial,
- unique,
- swift,
- serpentine,
- clean,
- cutting-edge,
- magisterial,
- imaginative,
- keen,
- guileless,
- enterprising,
- thoughtful,
- responsive,
- gifted,
- slim,
- quick-witted,
- Esemplastic,
- dexterous,
- scheming,
- adept,
- smarmy,
- have on the ball,
- up to speed,
- exquisite,
- proficient,
- teeming,
- quick on the uptake,
- up on,
- underived,
- penetrating,
- Trickish,
- vulpine,
- conceptive,
- on the ball,
- skilled,
- hot tamale,
- germinal,
- coordinated,
- slippery,
- goodish,
- having smarts,
- quick,
- Subtile,
- tactful,
- diplomatic,
- dry,
- readable,
- quick on trigger,
- having know-how,
- rare,
- acute,
- Deviceful,
- most novel,
- shark,
- well-informed,
- Slighty,
- pointed,
- competent,
- sharp,
- detailed,
- knavish,
- subtle,
- tricky,
- smart,
- fancy,
- versatile,
- elegant,
- felicitous,
- wary,
- productive,
- deceitful,
- fecund,
- probing,
- crafty,
- creative,
- well-planned,
- ideational,
- conceited,
- abstruse,
- deep-laid,
- there,
- scintillating,
- endowed,
- all there,
- vigorous,
- fantastic,
- stealthy,
- workmanlike,
- talented,
- resourceful,
- perspicacious,
- deceptive,
- guileful,
- able,
- astute,
- waggish,
- deep,
- wicked,
- inventive,
- have the goods,
- superior,
- ready,
- comic,
- far-sighted,
- untried,
- excellent,
- insidious,
- slimy,
- amusing,
- causative,
- pawky,
- dodgy,
- virtuoso,
- clever,
- underhand,
- shaping,
- streetwise,
- sly,
- foxy,
- ingenious,
- capable,
- efficient,
- understated,
- discreet,
- nimble-witted,
- humorous,
- sophistical,
- tactical,
- well-laid,
- Daedal,
- superb,
- Visioned,
- generative,
- sparkling,
- mercurial,
- shrewd,
- graceful,
- dextrous,
- Sharp-witted,
- expressive,
- blue sky,
- innovative,
- just out,
- stylish,
- seminal,
- some,
- expert,
- superlative,
- worldly wise,
- sage,
- disingenuous,
- sneaking,
- manipulative,
- fresh,
- breaking ground,
- innovatory,
- Keen-witted,
- inspired,
- clear-sighted,
- urbane,
- prolific,
- equal to,
- more intelligent,
- hotshot,
- whipper,
- discriminating,
- designing,
- conceptual,
- ostentatious,
- in the know,
- having a knack,
- brain wave,
- well-done,
- wideawake,
- sound,
- insightful,
- sarcastic,
- underhanded,
- nimble,
- tricksy,
- discerning,
- Forgetive,
- study at clever,
- funny,
- strategic,
- Clear-headed,
- supple,
- constructive,
- crackerjack,
- incisive,
- eggheaded,
- master,
- original,
- meditative,
- blue-sky,
- piquant,
- insighted,
- Foxlike,
- politic,
- campiest,
- cagy,
- pie-in-the-sky,
- ability,
- authentic,
- quaint,
- jesuitical,
- neat,
- artistic,
- up to snuff,
- happy,
- joking,
- shining at,
- smooth,
- leading-edge,
- pithy,
- comical,
- professional,
- hairline,
- wily,
- deft,
- arch,
- campier,
- crack,
- clearsighted,
- smart as a tack,
- not difficult,
- campy,
- handy,
- Double dealing,
- wise,
- scurrilous,
- wise man,
- notional,
- know backwards and forwards,
- feline,
- masterly,
- genuine,
- statesmanlike,
- sneaky,
- percipient,
- facile,
- adroit,
- alive to,
- well-written,
- practical,
- enlightened,
- intellectual,
- unusual,
- ludicrous,
- epigrammatic,
- implied,
- ideative,
- cagey,
- machiavellian,
- well-bred,
- hep,
- board game,
- creation,
- Plotting,
- up to it,
- Astucious,
- aware,
- Hepper,
- Demiurgic,
- apt,
- sensitive,
- long-headed,
- skilful,
- intelligent,
- brainy,
- Bravura,
- brilliant,
- recherche,
- knowing,
- first,
- witty,
- sardonic,
- prototypical,
- long-haired.
Usage Examples for INGENIOUS
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Your story, my dear, is ingenious, but scarcely plausible. - "Jeanne of the Marshes" by E. Phillips Oppenheim
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The worst news he tells me, is that Mr. Chetwind is dead, my old and most ingenious acquaintance. - "Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright" by Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
