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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 I’ve always stood in awe of the resilience and resourcefulness of those who live under that threat.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commended the special forces involved "for their resourcefulness and their bravery".

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025

But Odysseus was not only a hero, he was a man of great resourcefulness.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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