inventive

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/ UK /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/ See IPA manual

adj

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adj
having or showing creativity and originality in devising things

Her inventive solution saved the project from collapse.

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1 adj · having or showing... creative imaginative original ingenious innovative resourceful

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unimaginative derivativeuninventive

Word family

Derived forms inventivelyinventiveness

Related forms invent invention inventor

Etymology

From Latin inventus, past participle of invenire 'to find, discover, devise' (from in- 'in, upon' plus venire 'to come'), plus the suffix -ive.

invenire Latin venire Latin

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# inventive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ɪnˈvɛntɪv
**IPA (UK):** ɪnˈvɛntɪv

## Meanings
1. having or showing creativity and originality in devising things

## Examples
- Her inventive solution saved the project from collapse.

## Synonyms
- creative
- imaginative
- original
- ingenious
- innovative
- resourceful

## Antonyms
- unimaginative
- derivative
- uninventive

## Derived Forms
- inventively
- inventiveness

## Related Forms
- invent
- invention
- inventor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: invenire
- Root: venire

## Etymology
From Latin inventus, past participle of invenire 'to find, discover, devise' (from in- 'in, upon' plus venire 'to come'), plus the suffix -ive.

## AI Etymology
Inventive comes from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire 'to find, discover, devise' (from in- 'in, upon' plus venire 'to come'), plus the suffix -ive. The etymological trail includes Latin invenire and Latin venire. As an adjective, inventive means having or showing creativity and originality in devising things. The same family is visible in derived forms such as inventively and inventiveness and related forms such as invent, invention, and inventor.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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