creative

¹cre·a·tive

adjective \krē-ˈā-tiv, ˈkrē-ˌ\

Definition of CREATIVE

1

: marked by the ability or power to create : given to creating <the creative impulse>

2

: having the quality of something created rather than imitated : imaginative <the creative arts>

3

: managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits <creative financing>; also : deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud <creative accounting>

— cre·a·tive·ly adverb

— cre·a·tive·ness noun

Examples of CREATIVE

1. She's a very creative person.
2. She has one of the most creative minds in the business.
3. They've come up with some creative new ways to make money.
4. a creative solution to a difficult problem
5. He teaches creative writing at the university.
6. the first step in the creative process
7. It turns out that the company's report of record profits last year was due to some creative accounting.

First Known Use of CREATIVE

1678

Related to CREATIVE

Synonyms

clever, imaginative, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, inventive, original, originative, Promethean

Antonyms

uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unoriginal

Related Words

gifted, inspired, talented; resourceful; fecund, fertile, fruitful, generative, germinal, productive, prolific

Near Antonyms

imitative, uninspired; infertile, unproductive; talentless

Rhymes with CREATIVE

ablative, constative, dilative, mutative, placative, translative

²creative

noun

Definition of CREATIVE

1

: one who is creative; especially : one involved in the creation of advertisements

2

: creative activity or the material produced by it especially in advertising

First Known Use of CREATIVE

1962

Other Business Terms

amortize, caveat emptor, clearinghouse, divest, due diligence, emolument, green-collar, marque, overhead, perquisite

Rhymes with CREATIVE

ablative, constative