inventiveness

Questions about inventiveness

What does inventiveness mean?

inventiveness means "the power of creative imagination".

How many syllables are in inventiveness?

inventiveness has 4 syllables: in-ven-tive-ness. The stress falls on "ven". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈvɛntɪvnəs/.

What is another word for inventiveness?

Close synonyms include ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inventiveness a common word?

inventiveness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.