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creative

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of creative

1 having the skill and imagination to create new things
  • Thomas Edison's status as perhaps America's greatest creative genius
Synonyms of creative

clever, imaginative, ingenious, innovative, inventive, original, originative, Promethean
Words Related to creative

gifted, inspired, talented

resourceful

fecund, fertile, fruitful, generative, germinal, productive, prolific
Near Antonyms of creative

imitative, uninspired

infertile, unproductive

talentless
Antonyms of creative

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 of creative

artful, clever, imaginative, ingenious, innovative, inventive
Words Related to creative

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 of creative

dull, pedantic, pedestrian, stodgy

assembly-line, canned, cookie-cutter, derivative, hackneyed, unoriginal

impractical, useless
Antonyms of creative

uncreative, unimaginative

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