HyperDic: inventiveness

English > 1 sense of the word *inventiveness*:
NOUN	cognition	inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness	the power of creative imagination / imagination

inventiveness > pronunciation
Sounds	ihnveh'ntihvnahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *inventiveness*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The power of creative imagination / imagination.
Synonyms	ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness
Narrower	resource, resourcefulness, imagination	The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
Broader	creativity, creativeness, creative thinking	The ability to create
Spanish	idea, ingenio, ingeniosidad, inventiva, maña
Catalan	enginy, idea, inventiva, traça
Adjectives	inventive	(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action