Synonyms & related words for ingenuity

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of ingenuity — including inventiveness, ingeniousness, cleverness, resourcefulness, creativity, creativeness. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to ingenuity

Explore words related to ingenuity — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include noncreativity, wittiness, innovativeness, ingenious, anticreative, industriousness, inventive, gumption. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for ingenuity

Common synonyms for ingenuity include inventiveness, ingeniousness, cleverness, resourcefulness, creativity, creativeness, imaginativeness, smartness — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does ingenuity come from?

The word ingenuity breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root genu-, from Latin gigno (“beget, produce”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.