All deviceful synonyms
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D d adj deviceful
- ingenious β characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.
- inventive β apt at inventing, devising, or contriving.
- gifted β having great special talent or ability: the debut of a gifted artist.
- visionary β given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- productive β having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- innovative β tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- original β belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- prolific β producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- imaginative β characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- sly β cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- skillful β having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
- shrewd β astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- creative β A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
- subtle β thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- intelligent β having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
- resourceful β able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- new β other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World.
- contemporary β Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- originative β having or characterized by the power of originating; creative.
- clever β Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
- cool β Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- fertile β bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific: fertile soil.
- formative β giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
- hip β hypochondria.
- inspired β aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence: an inspired poet.
- stimulating β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- innovatory β to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- demiurgic β Philosophy. Platonism. the artificer of the world. (in the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
- innovational β something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
- leading edge β Aeronautics. the edge of an airfoil or propeller blade facing the direction of motion.
- able β Someone who is able is very clever or very good at doing something.
- adroit β Someone who is adroit is quick and skilful in their thoughts, behaviour, or actions.
- artistic β Someone who is artistic is good at drawing or painting, or arranging things in a beautiful way.
- bright β A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- canny β A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny.
- crafty β If you describe someone as crafty, you mean that they achieve what they want in a clever way, often by deceiving people.
- cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- dexterous β Someone who is dexterous is very skilful and clever with their hands.
- ready β completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- avant-garde β Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental.
- newfangled β of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- state-of-the-art β the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
- cutting edge β If you are at the cutting edge of a particular field of activity, you are involved in its most important or most exciting developments.
- constructive β A constructive discussion, comment, or approach is useful and helpful rather than negative and unhelpful.
- fruitful β producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- teeming β falling in torrents: a teeming rain.
- poetical β possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- causative β Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- forgetive β inventive; creative.