Inventiveness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the power of creative imagination

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnvˈɛntɪvnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnvˈɛntɪvnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnvˈɛntɪvnəs/

5 syllables Say it as /ɪnvˈɛntɪvnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cleverness ingenuity ingeniousness

Word Forms

inventive	adjective	(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; ; - Lewis Mumford
ingenious	adjective	showing inventiveness and skill

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Erfindungsreichtum

die Kraft der kreativen Vorstellungskraft

🇫🇷French

ingéniosité

le pouvoir de l'imagination créatrice

🇪🇸Spanish

inventiva

el poder de la imaginación creativa

🇮🇹Italian

inventiva

il potere dell’immaginazione creativa

🇳🇱Dutch

inventiviteit

de kracht van creatieve verbeelding

🇵🇹Portuguese

inventividade

o poder da imaginação criativa

🇷🇺Russian

изобретательность

сила творческого воображения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आविष्कारशीलता

रचनात्मक कल्पना की शक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

উদ্ভাবনশীলতা

সৃজনশীল কল্পনা শক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

கண்டுபிடிப்பு

படைப்பு கற்பனையின் சக்தி

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆవిష్కరణ

సృజనాత్మక కల్పన యొక్క శక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

कल्पकता

सर्जनशील कल्पनाशक्तीची शक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંશોધનાત્મકતા

સર્જનાત્મક કલ્પના શક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೃಜನಶೀಲತೆ

ಸೃಜನಶೀಲ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯ ಶಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കണ്ടുപിടുത്തം

സൃഷ്ടിപരമായ ഭാവനയുടെ ശക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖੋਜ

ਰਚਨਾਤਮਕ ਕਲਪਨਾ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

اختراعی

تخلیقی تخیل کی طاقت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

创造性

创造性想象力的力量

🇯🇵Japanese

独創性

創造的な想像力の力

🇰🇷Korean

창의성

창의적인 상상력의 힘

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tính sáng tạo

sức mạnh của trí tưởng tượng sáng tạo

🇹🇭Thai

ความคิดสร้างสรรค์

พลังแห่งจินตนาการที่สร้างสรรค์

🇮🇩Indonesian

daya temu

kekuatan imajinasi kreatif

🇵🇭Filipino

pagiging mapag-imbento

ang kapangyarihan ng malikhaing imahinasyon

🇲🇾Malay

daya cipta

kuasa imaginasi kreatif

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الإبداع

قوة الخيال الإبداعي

🇮🇷Persian

اختراع

قدرت تخیل خلاق

🇹🇷Turkish

yaratıcılık

yaratıcı hayal gücünün gücü

🇮🇱Hebrew

חַדְשָׁנוּת

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