Reverse Dictionary: RESOURCEFUL

ADJECTIVES
► CAN-DO positive, enthusiastic, aggressive; confident and resourceful in the face of challenges → 20C sl., orig. US
► COCUM ► COKUM resourceful, cunning → M19 sl.
► FECKLESS lacking resourcefulness → a1774 orig. Sc.
► FENDY clever, resourceful, good at managing, economical, thrifty → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► KNACKETY ► KNACKY ► KNAWKY ► NACKY ► NAUKY ► NAWKY cunning, resourceful → 1785 sl.
► QUIRKIE ► QUIRKY cunning, wily, resourceful, tricky → 1806 Sc.
► QUIRKSOME cunning, wily, resourceful, tricky → 1896 Sc.

NOUNS
► FECKLESSNESS lack of resourcefulness → 1893

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAG OF TRICKS a resourceful person, one who is never at a loss → 1988 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BIG-LEAGUER a resourceful person who can handle any situation → 1956 US sl.
► RUSTLER a person who works with energy, determination, or initiative to achieve something; a resourceful, enterprising, and energetic person → 1865 chiefly Amer. dial.
► WAKE-UP an alert and resourceful person; one who is aware of the true meaning, purpose, significance of a situation and alert to possible deception → 1916 Aust. & NZ sl.