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resourcefulness

NOUN
resource
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ingenuity inventiveness
STRONG
ability appliance artifice assets capability capital cleverness contraption contrivance course creation device expedient fortune hoard initiative makeshift means measure method mode property quick-wittedness recourse refuge relief reserve riches shift source step stock stockpile store stratagem substance substitute support surrogate system talent way wealth wherewithal worth
WEAK
nest egg
Antonyms
STRONG
debt disorganization ignorance impotence inability incapacity incompetence lack need permanent poverty stupidity weakness

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Yet the bigger lesson of “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” is about resourcefulness and freewheeling imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

But the heart of her cookbook lies in the recipes inspired by recent immigrants, perfect examples of their skill and resourcefulness in adapting their cuisines to their new homeland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Nisha Katona, who is the founder of Mowgli Street Food, also praised her team "who were incredible in their calm maturity, resourcefulness and quick kindness" when its restaurant in Liverpool became a medical centre.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

His creative resourcefulness has placed him at the elbow of the industry’s mad geniuses: Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, J.J.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

One must learn to manage one’s emotional state in order to consistently operate from a place of resourcefulness, thus producing desirable outcomes.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman