different between knowledgeable vs ingenious

English

Alternative forms

• knowledgable (rare)

Etymology

knowledge +? -able

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?l'-?j-?-bl, IPA^(key): /?n?l.?d??.?.b?l/

Adjective

knowledgeable (comparative more knowledgeable, superlative most knowledgeable)

1. Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
2. Educated and well informed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:learned
• See also Thesaurus:intelligent

Antonyms

• unknowledgeable

Derived terms

• knowledgeability
• knowledgeableness
• knowledgeably

Translations

Noun

knowledgeable (plural knowledgeables)

1. (India) A person who has knowledge; an informed party.

English

Alternative forms

• engenious (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeni?sus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) +? gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?i?nj?s/, /?n?d?i?ni?s/
• Rhymes: -i?ni?s
• Hyphenation: in?ge?nious

Adjective

ingenious (comparative more ingenious, superlative most ingenious)

1. (of a person) Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.

2. (of a thing) Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.

3. Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.

Usage notes

Do not confuse with ingenuous.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:witty
• See also Thesaurus:intelligent

Related terms

Translations

References

• ingenious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ingenious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.