New American Oxford Dictionary
inventiveness
in ven tive ness |inˈventivnis | ▶noun the quality of being inventive; creativity: the inventiveness of the staging. his comic inventiveness.
Oxford Dictionary
inventiveness
in ¦vent ¦ive |ness |ɪnˈvɛntɪvnɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of being inventive; creativity: the inventiveness of the staging. his comic inventiveness.
Oxford Thesaurus
inventiveness
inventiveness noun 1 they valued his vigour and inventiveness: creativity, originality, innovation, invention, imagination, imaginativeness, creative power, creative talent, creative gift, fertility, ingeniousness, resourcefulness, enterprise; artistry, inspiration, giftedness, talent, virtuosity, accomplishment, mastery, skill, cleverness. ANTONYMS unimaginativeness. 2 the outstanding inventiveness of Irish literature: originality, innovation, unusualness, freshness, novelty, newness, break with tradition; quirkiness, unfamiliarity, unconventionality, unorthodoxy. ANTONYMS unoriginality.