Usually means: Able to solve problems creatively.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word resourceful:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. resourceful: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. resourceful: Merriam-Webster
  3. resourceful: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. resourceful: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. resourceful: Collins English Dictionary
  6. resourceful: Vocabulary.com
  7. Resourceful, resourceful: Wordnik
  8. resourceful: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. resourceful: Wiktionary
  10. resourceful: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. resourceful: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. resourceful: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Resourceful, resourceful: Dictionary.com
  14. resourceful: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Resourceful: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. resourceful: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. resourceful: Rhymezone
  18. Resourceful: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. resourceful: FreeDictionary.org
  20. resourceful: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. resourceful: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. resourceful: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. resourceful: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.

Similar:
capable, clever, shrewd, ready-handed, shifty, habile, efficient, available, crafty, productive, more...

Opposite:
unresourceful, inept, incompetent, useless

Types:
inventive, creative, imaginative, innovative, clever, more...

Phrases:
innovative resourceful, opposite of resourceful, smart and resourceful, being resourceful, more...

Colors:
    teal,     olive,     emerald,     charcoal,     rust, more...



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Similar:
capable, clever, shrewd, ready-handed, shifty, habile, efficient, available, crafty, productive, more...

Opposite:
unresourceful, inept, incompetent, useless

Types:
inventive, creative, imaginative, innovative, clever, more...

Phrases:
innovative resourceful, opposite of resourceful, smart and resourceful, being resourceful, more...

Colors:
    teal,     olive,     emerald,     charcoal,     rust, more...



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