generative

adjective

Definition of generativenext
as in producing

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Recent Examples of generative Stars Collective is also building a studio focused on generative technology that will bring Hollywood filmmakers together with AI tools. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 Reputational due diligence should therefore examine both the underlying sources and the associations produced by search and generative systems. — Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026 Right now, the task of training and monitoring generative-AI models depends heavily on other AI models. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026 The phrase has come to be recognizable as a common output of chatbots or other generative artificial intelligence engines. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 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
  • It was announced shortly thereafter that Amazon and Sony, which is co-producing, were recasting the part.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The series is produced by Jason Bowers and Jacob Mosler, World Within’s COO, with Radhika Womack co-producing.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of producing
Adjective
  • Along the way, the train runs more than 590 miles through the fertile Fraser Valley, the Coast Mountains, and the dramatic Fraser Canyon before climbing toward the Canadian Rockies.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Denmark says more than 4,000 women and girls — reportedly half the fertile women in Greenland at the time — received IUDs between the 1960s and mid-1970s.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of fertile
Adjective
  • To become a consistently productive defense this season, the Bears need a big developmental jump from Booker and another impactful season from Sweat.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Cam Gill earned a pair of fumble recoveries, true, and had a decently productive preseason.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 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
  • Featuring a group of ambitious interns in a high-pressure public hospital, Still Breathing’s debut in April was Norwegian pubcaster NRK‘s biggest-ever opening for a drama outside of the pubcaster’s fruitful festival season shows.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers told me that many Democrats believe that the pinnacle of achievement is having a good education and a fruitful career.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 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
  • Ascherson still regularly produces lengthy pieces for The New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and has been one of the most prolific contributors to each publication.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The industry received the announcement of Ackermann in September, after Hawkings’s defenestration in July, warmly and with an exhale—the legacy of Tom Ford, one of fashion’s most prolific contemporary designers, appeared secure.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of prolific
Adjective
  • Lead—dense but yielding, silvery but ashen, handy but deadly—was long used for this purpose.
    — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
  • After soaking in the salad for a while, the raisins plumped and swelled, adding a yielding explosivity.
    — Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of yielding

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“Generative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generative. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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