creative

creative

adjective

Definition of CREATIVE

1

having the skill and imagination to create new things <Thomas Edison's status as perhaps America's greatest creative genius>

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

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

Near Antonyms imitative, uninspired; infertile, unproductive; talentless

Antonyms uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unoriginal

2

showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing <always coming up with creative ways to use hamburger>

Synonyms artful, creative, imaginative, ingenious, innovative, inventive

Related Words adventurous, fresh, groundbreaking, novel, original, visionary; cleverish, gadgety, gimmicky; convenient, handy, neat, nifty, practical, useful; complex, sophisticated; adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), expert, handsome, tricky; brainy, intelligent, sharp, smart

Near Antonyms dull, pedantic, pedestrian, stodgy; assembly-line, canned, cookie-cutter, derivative, hackneyed, unoriginal; impractical, useless

Antonyms uncreative, unimaginative