creativity

creativity

noun

Definition of CREATIVITY

1

the skill and imagination to create new things <the arts and crafts fair showed the remarkable creativity of local artists and artisans>

Synonyms cleverness, creativeness, imagination, imaginativeness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, innovativeness, invention, inventiveness, originality

Related Words fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, productiveness, productivity, prolificacy, prolificity, prolificness; capableness, resourcefulness; genius, giftedness, talent; fire, inspiration, muse

Near Antonyms dryness, dullness (also dulness)

2

the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others <while his imaginary friend is a little annoying, you have to admire his creativity in thinking her up>

Synonyms contrivance, creativity, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), ideation, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness, originality

Related Words brainstorm, brainstorming, inspiration; fecundity, fertility; ingenuity, resourcefulness; versatility; chimera, daydream, delusion, dream, figment, hallucination, illusion, mind's eye, mirage, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream; envisaging, visualization

Near Antonyms literality, literalness