ingenious

/ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/adjective

Very clever and original; showing inventive skill.

Example sentences

“She came up with an ingenious way to reuse old jars.”
“The puzzle has an ingenious solution.”

One letter away from 'ingenuous', which means innocent and trusting. Ingenious is the one about cleverness.

Related words

ingenuityCleverness and skill at solving hard problems in fresh, inventive ways.infuseTo introduce a quality or substance into something so that it spreads all through it.ingenuousInnocent and trusting; open and without cunning.influentialHaving strong power to affect people, events, or decisions.ingredientOne of the things, especially foods, that are combined to make a mixture.inferTo reach a conclusion by reasoning from evidence, rather than from a direct statement.