RESOURCEFULNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does resourcefulness mean?
• RESOURCEFULNESS (noun)
The noun RESOURCEFULNESS has 2 senses:
1. the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation
2. the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
Familiarity information: RESOURCEFULNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RESOURCEFULNESS (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
a man of great resourcefulness
Hypernyms ("resourcefulness" is a kind of...):
resource (a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed)
Meaning:
The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
resourcefulness; imagination; resource
Context example:
a man of resource
Hypernyms ("resourcefulness" is a kind of...):
cleverness; ingeniousness; ingenuity; inventiveness (the power of creative imagination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resourcefulness"):
armory; armoury; inventory (a collection of resources)
