| Main Entry: | inventiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invention |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, black box, brainchild, coinage, concoction, contraption, contrivance, creativeness, creativity, design, development, device, discovery, doodad, gadget, genius, gimmick, gizmo, imagination, ingeniousness, ingenuity, innovation, inspiration, novelty, opus, original, originality, resourcefulness |
| Main Entry: | art |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill, creativity |
Synonyms: |
adroitness, aptitude, artistry, craft, craftsmanship, dexterity, expertise, facility, imagination, ingenuity, inventiveness, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastery, method, profession, trade, virtuosity |
Antonyms: |
lack, unskill |
| Main Entry: | artifice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill, cleverness |
Synonyms: |
ability, adroitness, deftness, facility, finesse, ingenuity, invention, inventiveness, know-how, skill |
Antonyms: |
artlessness, inability, incapacity, simplicity, uncleverness |
| Main Entry: | contrivance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan, fabrication |
Synonyms: |
angle, artifice, brainchild, coinage, design, dodge, expedient, formation, gimmick, intrigue, invention, inventiveness, machination, measure, plot, project, ruse, scheme, slant, stratagem, switch, trick, twist |
Antonyms: |
disorganization |
| Main Entry: | creativity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artistry |
Synonyms: |
cleverness, genius, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inspiration, inventiveness, originality, resourcefulness, talent, vision |
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resourcefulness, energy |
Synonyms: |
activity, adventurousness, alertness, ambition, audacity, boldness, courage, daring, dash, drive, eagerness, enthusiasm, force, foresight, get-up-and-go, gumption, hustle, industry, initiative, inventiveness, pluck, push, readiness, resource, self-reliance, spirit, venturesomeness, vigor, zeal |
Antonyms: |
apathy, idleness, indolence, passiveness, passivity |
| Main Entry: | freshness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | newness |
Synonyms: |
bloom, brightness, callowness, cleanness, clearness, dew, dewiness, glow, greenness, inexperience, innovativeness, inventiveness, novelty, originality, rawness, shine, sparkle, vigor, viridity, youth |
Antonyms: |
oldness, staleness |
| Main Entry: | genius |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift of high intellect |
Synonyms: |
Einstein, ability, accomplishment, acumen, acuteness, adept, aptitude, aptness, astuteness, bent, brain, brilliance, capability, capacity, creativity, discernment, endowment, expert, faculty, flair, grasp, head, imagination, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, intelligence, inventiveness, knack, mature, originality, percipience, perspicacity, power, precocity, prodigy, propensity, prowess, reach, sagacity, superability, talent, turn, understanding, virtuoso, wisdom |
Antonyms: |
idiot, imbecile |
| Main Entry: | imagination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power to create in one's mind |
Synonyms: |
acuteness, artistry, awareness, chimera, cognition, conception, creation, creative thought, creativity, enterprise, fabrication, fancy, fantasy, flight of fancy, idea, ideality, illusion, image, imagery, ingenuity, insight, inspiration, intelligence, invention, inventiveness, mental agility, notion, originality, perceptibility, realization, resourcefulness, sally, supposition, thought, thoughtfulness, unreality, verve, vision, visualization, wit, wittiness |
Antonyms: |
being, entity, existence, material, reality, substance, truth |
| Main Entry: | industry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
Synonyms: |
activity, application, assiduity, attention, care, determination, diligence, dynamism, effort, energy, enterprise, intentness, inventiveness, labor, pains, patience, perseverance, persistence, tirelessness, toil, vigor, zeal |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
Antonyms: |
idleness, indolence, laziness, lethargy, unemployment, worthlessness |