ingeniousness
111cleverness — n 1. brightness, brilliance, keenness, acuteness, sharpness, sharp wittedness, braininess; gift, giftedness, endowment, genius, precocity, parts; talent, flair, bent, turn, forte; intelligence, aptness, smartness, agility, quickness, quick… …
112contrivance — n 1. device, invention, creation, gadget, Inf. contraption; apparatus, mechanism, machine; instrument, implement, tool, utensil, Inf. thingumajig, Inf. thingumabob; rig, gear, outfit, tackle, equipment, makeshift, Inf.Rube Goldberg. 2. invention …
113dexterity — n 1. adroitness, deftness, sleight, sleight of hand, legerdemain; nimbleness, agility, quickness; handiness, right handedness, neatness, skillfulness, skill, faculty, knack, talent; finesse, felicity, ambidexterity, facility, readiness; artistry …
114discernment — n acumen, perceptiveness, insight, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, penetration, awareness; discrimination, distinguishment, acuteness, keenness, sharpness; cleverness, astuteness, shrewdness, ingenuity, ingeniousness; perception, Psychol.… …
115esprit — n wit, mother wit, intuition, sense, common sense; brains, Inf. gray matter, smartness; cleverness, astuteness, shrewdness, ingenuity, ingeniousness; sprightliness, initiative, drive, resourcefulness, Inf. gumption; perceptiveness, perspicacity,… …
116ingenuity — n 1. cleverness, wittiness, shrewdness, canniness, subtleness, cunning, cunningness, slyness, wiliness, craftiness, foxiness, Inf. cuteness; sagaciousness, sagacity, aptness, smartness; keenness, acuteness, sharpness, brilliance, brightness. 2.… …
117insight — n 1. intuition, perception, Psychol. apperception, percipience, sensitivity, flair; apprehension, understanding, Obs. skill, cognition, comprehension; perspicacity, keenness, acuteness, sharpness, acuity; acumen, perceptiveness, perspicaciousness …
118originality — n 1. creativity, creativeness, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, ingeniousness, inventiveness, resourcefulness, initiative; individuality, independence, self reliance, self sufficience, autonomy; divergence, nonimitativeness, unorthodoxy,… …
119perspicacity — n 1. keenness, acuteness, sharpness, acuity; discernment, discrimination, distinguishment; acumen, perceptiveness, insight, perspicaciousness, penetration, awareness; cleverness, astuteness, shrewdness, ingenuity, ingeniousness; perception,… …
120policy — n 1. course or line of action, strategy, design, plan, game, scheme; mode of management, line of conduct, rule of action; system, way, custom, habit; program, platform, schedule, organization; means, means to an end, ways and means, tactics;… …
