C1adjectivetechnologyscience
US/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
UK/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
very clever and original, especially in solving a problem in a new way
In context
Farmers in the Mekong Delta found an ingenious way to grow vegetables on floating rafts.
The ingenious design lets the bottle collect water from morning fog.
She came up with an ingenious solution to the cooling problem.
Words that go with ingenious
adjective + noun
- ingenious solutionEngineers found an ingenious solution to the flooding problem.
- ingenious wayBees have an ingenious way of keeping their hive cool.
- ingenious deviceThe ingenious device turns waste heat into electricity.
- ingenious ideaIt was an ingenious idea to use old tires as flower pots.
- ingenious designThe bridge's ingenious design lets tall boats pass underneath.
- ingenious inventionThe printing press was one of history's most ingenious inventions.