generative

adjective

Definition of generativenext
as in producing

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Recent Examples of generative Apple, Amazon and Microsoft have all announced new devices in the past week with the aim of bringing generative artificial intelligence firmly into the home. — Kif Leswing,annie Palmer,jordan Novet, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 Karyn Nakamura also took up Tarighian’s invitation to explore the research histories behind Veo 1 and other generative models, combining several video technologies in a single work. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 In 2023, as the generative-AI boom first began, Boucher gave her consent to artists who wanted to use her voice in AI music. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026 Over the last couple of years, with the rise of generative artificial intelligence, Nicolazzo and their colleagues in the English department have been putting in extra hours to figure out how to teach writing and critical thinking. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for generative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generative
  1. producing
  2. fertile
  3. productive
  4. fecund
  5. fruitful
  6. bearing
  7. prolific
  8. yielding
Adjective
  • Eric Ollerenshaw produces the film, which was shot in the Midlands with Wolverhampton company New Lion Films co-producing, giving the project a regional footprint outside London.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Binge’s novel Dissolution is currently in development at Sony Pictures with Eric Heisserer adapting and Chronology and Temple Hill co-producing.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of producing
Adjective
  • While farmers fear the land they’re relocated to will be less fertile, workers in river transport — such as Sánchez, who boats people up and down the Indio — fear the project could limit their access to the water.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • This fertile period of creative and intellectual life wasn’t even a renaissance, one partygoer declares.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of fertile
Adjective
  • Not every worthwhile pursuit needs to become productive, profitable, or impressive.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Guard Gradey Dick, a piece of the offseason trade that sent Leonard back to Toronto, was far more productive with 12 points.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of productive
Adjective
  • There is only one Picasso, but Basquiat had that kind of fecund imagination, that endlessly varied and prolific joy.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 June 2026
  • The negative space between gems becomes animal habitats for creatures drawn from the depths of a fecund imagination.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Definition of fecund
Adjective
  • This deal also indirectly led to the next move on the list, which proved much more fruitful.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • During the early 1930s, Anderson spent several fruitful years training in London and Berlin.
    — Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fruitful
Adjective
  • And the lichen also avoids non-bearing rocks like granite, sandstone, and quartzite, where its occurrence dropped to less than one percent.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bearing
Adjective
  • On his first new music since getting sober, the prolific 30-year-old singer-songwriter offers a sense of adult clarity—and some welcome self-editing.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Richard Riehle, a prolific character actor best known for memorable turns in Office Space, Bridesmaids, Glory, and Casino, has died, Variety reports.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of prolific
Adjective
  • Secondly, as markets remain gripped by concerns around long-term public debt and fiscal sustainability globally, Gower acknowledged that higher bond yields remain a challenge for non-yielding assets like gold.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • These resources can be used to breed new varieties of crops that are higher yielding, more resilient to climate change, and more nutritious.
    — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of yielding

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“Generative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generative. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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