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re·source·ful
 resourceful
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- pronunciation:
- rih
sors
f
 l
[or]
rih
zors
fl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
capable of dealing with difficult situations quickly and imaginatively.
Being resourceful, they found a way to construct a raft to take them down the river.- synonyms:
- adroit, imaginative, ingenious, inventive
- similar words:
- able, adept, capable, clever, competent, deft, dextrous, effectual, enterprising, innovative, originative, skillful
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| related words: |
artful, bright, creative, cunning, foxy, ingenious, neat, original |
adverb + (adj.)resourceful
enormously, extremely, highly, incredibly, less, pretty, remarkably, uncommonly, very
(adj.)resourceful
+ adverb
enough
(adj.)resourceful
+ noun
farmer, hero, immigrant, orphan, solution, thinking
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| derivations: |
resourcefully (adv.), resourcefulness (n.) |
The word resourceful
contains the following part:
-ful1
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ful1 attaches to native English nouns to form adjectives.
Example words:
awful, beautiful, boastful, careful, cheerful, colorful, deceitful, delightful, disgraceful, disrespectful, doubtful, dutiful, faithful, fearful, flavorful, fruitful, gleeful, graceful, harmful, helpful, hopeful, insightful, joyful, meaningful, merciful, mournful, painful, peaceful, plentiful, powerful, prayerful, purposeful, regretful, resentful, resourceful, respectful, scornful, skillful, sorrowful, stressful, successful, tactful, tasteful, tearful, thankful, thoughtful, trustful, uneventful, unmerciful, wasteful, useful
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