Word meaning
ingenious
adjective · in-JEEN-yus
What does ingenious mean?
Ingenious means clever, original, and inventive.
Ingenious in a sentence
“She came up with an ingenious way to store bikes on the ceiling.”
Synonyms for ingenious
- inventive
- clever
- resourceful
How to remember ingenious
- Say it out loud a few times: in-JEEN-yus.
- Write one sentence of your own using ingenious, about something that happened to you today.
- Quiz yourself tomorrow, in three days, and next week. Spaced reviews are what make new words stick.
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