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

Example Sentences

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Resourcefulness is the hallmark of the housewife, according to any 1950s home economics film.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

Resourcefulness once dictated much of Viktoriya Ignatyeva’s life.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2015

Resourcefulness, creativity and reinvention are bubbling up in art galleries, designer ateliers and restaurants.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2014

Resourcefulness is merely one of the qualities needed by the costume designer for Max Liebman's NBC-TV spectaculars.

From Time Magazine Archive

Resourcefulness and statecraft will be requisite to this consummation.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph