Definition of creative
(Entry 1 of 2)
2
: having the quality of something created rather than imitated : imaginative
the creative arts creative writing
3
: managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits
creative financing
also
: deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud
creative accounting
creative
nounDefinition of creative (Entry 2 of 2)
2
: creative activity or the material produced by it especially in advertising
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The first known use of creative was in 1678
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