Definition for Resourcefulness:

• the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation; " a man of great resourcefulness"

Synonyms for Resourcefulness:

• n.

  •
  • wherewithal.
  •ability (noun)
  • comprehension,
  • dexterity,
  • competency,
  • strength,
  • aptitude,
  • might,
  • potentiality,
  • endowment,
  • intelligence,
  • capacity,
  • faculty,
  • qualification,
  • skill,
  • understanding,
  • competence.
  •cleverness (noun)
  • wisdom,
  • sagacity,
  • adroitness,
  • gift,
  • wit,
  • discernment,
  • shrewdness,
  • quickness,
  • sharpness,
  • astuteness,
  • calculation,
  • Brains,
  • sense.
  •creativity (noun)
  • vision,
  • imaginativeness,
  • inspiration,
  • genius.
  •efficiency (noun)
  • response,
  • energy,
  • suitableness,
  • expertise,
  • completeness,
  • know-how,
  • potency,
  • abundance,
  • power,
  • thoroughness,
  • powerfulness,
  • adaptability,
  • productiveness,
  • adequacy,
  • productivity,
  • quantity,
  • economy,
  • readiness,
  • effectualness,
  • suitability,
  • address,
  • performance,
  • proficiency.
  •gumption (noun)
  • savvy,
  • commonsense,
  • judgment,
  • perspicacity,
  • industry,
  • spirit,
  • sagaciousness,
  • enterprise,
  • acumen,
  • horse sense,
  • perspicaciousness,
  • good sense,
  • get-up-and-go,
  • get up and go.
  •imagination (noun)
  • visualizations,
  • fantasy,
  • thoughtfulness,
  • verve,
  • illusion,
  • ideality,
  • image,
  • artistry,
  • creative thought,
  • unreality,
  • thought,
  • acuteness,
  • supposition,
  • insight,
  • imagery,
  • sally,
  • idea,
  • in sight,
  • chimera,
  • insights,
  • unrealities,
  • cognition,
  • awareness,
  • wittiness,
  • Idealities,
  • notion,
  • fabrication,
  • conception,
  • fancy,
  • flight of fancy,
  • perceptibility,
  • visualization,
  • mental agility,
  • realization.
  •originality (noun)
  • new idea,
  • unorthodoxies,
  • non-conformity,
  • creative spirit,
  • modernities,
  • unorthodoxy,
  • unconventionality,
  • modernity.
  •resource (noun)
  • quick-wittedness,
  • quickwittedness.
  •resourcefulness (noun)
  • support,
  • surrogate,
  • creation,
  • course,
  • system,
  • contrivance,
  • fortune,
  • means,
  • source,
  • way,
  • reserve,
  • stockpile,
  • capital,
  • stock,
  • riches,
  • worth,
  • device,
  • measure,
  • appliance,
  • wealth,
  • substance,
  • artifice,
  • talent,
  • assets,
  • store,
  • relief,
  • recourse,
  • refuge,
  • method,
  • step,
  • substitute,
  • expedient,
  • contraption,
  • stratagem,
  • shift,
  • mode,
  • property,
  • nest egg,
  • makeshift,
  • hoard,
  • capability.
  •wit (noun)
  • scintillation,
  • scurrility,
  • finesse,
  • Cunningness,
  • drollness,
  • artfulness,
  • slyness,
  • intellect,
  • Subtleness,
  • craftiness,
  • comedy,
  • deftness,
  • humor,
  • trickiness,
  • urbanity,
  • wiliness,
  • sophistry,
  • irony,
  • brilliance,
  • foxiness.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • ability,
  • capableness,
  • cleverness,
  • creativity,
  • dynamism,
  • efficacy,
  • efficiency,
  • facility,
  • flair,
  • gumption,
  • imagination,
  • ingeniousness,
  • ingenuity,
  • initiative,
  • invention,
  • inventiveness,
  • novelty,
  • originality,
  • prowess,
  • resource,
  • resourcefulness,
  • skillfulness,
  • smartness,
  • Canniness,
  • Visions,
  • cunnings,
  • efficacies,
  • knowhow,
  • quick wit.
  •Other relevant words:
  • clever,
  • daydreamer,
  • opportunistic,
  • smart,
  • teamwork,
  • proactively,
  • clever-clever.

Paraphrases for Resourcefulness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ingenuity.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inventiveness.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    imagination, initiative.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cleverness, resource, Resources, invention, genius, wit, wisdom, leadership.

Resourcefulness Sentence Examples:

• Such things have their limitations, perhaps, but they offer at least a time of activity, resourcefulness, and keen enjoyment.

• By her indoor life, lived as truly in the pioneer spirit as her life in the open, she is bringing into play the faculties of resourcefulness, of adaptability, of thoroughness, and the virtue of helpful kindness.

Hypernym for Resourcefulness:

• n.

  • cognition
    inventory, armory, armoury.

Hyponym for Resourcefulness:

• n.

  • attribute
    resource.
  • cognition
    inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness.