Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inventiveness

/ˌɪnvˈɛntɪvnəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: in-ven-tive-ness
IPA: /ˌɪnvˈɛntɪvnəs/

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: resourcefulness, creativity, imagination"
"For as was the land, such was the art of it while folk yet troubled themselves about such things; it strove little to impress people either by pomp or ingenuity: not unseldom it fell into commonplace, rarely it rose into majesty; yet was it never oppressive, never a slave’s nightmare or an insolent boast: and at its best it had an inventiveness, an individuality, that grander styles have never overpassed: […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English inventive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inventiveness From inventive + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

inventivenesses (plural)

Synonyms

inventivity resourcefulness creativity imagination ingeniousness ingenuity cleverness

Rhymes With

attentiveness

Questions

How do you pronounce inventiveness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnvˈɛntɪvnəs/.
What does inventiveness mean?: The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.
Where does inventiveness come from?: Etymology tree English inventive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inventiveness From inventive + -ness.

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