Synonyms of innovating

innovating

verb

present participle of innovate

as in establishing

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

innovated a new system for filing books that dramatically improved efficiency in libraries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establishing
• founding
• pioneering
• creating
• initiating
• introducing
• launching
• instituting
• inaugurating
• beginning
• planting
• starting
• constructing
• inventing
• developing
• organizing
• originating
• constituting
• producing
• manufacturing
• devising
• setting up
• expanding
• authoring
• conceiving
• thinking (up)
• enlarging
• cooking (up)
• funding
• financing
• concocting
• subsidizing
• fathering
• fabricating
• making up
• systematizing
• contriving
• arranging
• endowing
• systemizing
• relaunching
• putting up
• reinitiating
• reinstituting
• refounding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• shutting (up)
• abolishing
• phasing out
• stopping
• finishing
• ending
• terminating
• halting
• annihilating
• nullifying
• annulling
• winding up
• wrapping up
• rounding (off or out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of innovating

Cook achieved this incredible value creation by innovating and protecting the iPhone business, building a services juggernaut, and putting wearables like the Apple Watch and AirPods on the map. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Out-innovating China demands the Silicon Valley mindset of constant churn—launches, failures, acquisitions, and redeployment of capital and talent—rather than the traditional contractor reflex of taking their losses to Congress or the press. — Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

But Kyiv is swiftly innovating, with Ukraine now developing its own ballistic missile to hit back at Russia and working with European countries on developing more anti-ballistic air defenses. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Stapleton sees that as a prime example of chasing the competition rather than innovating. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026

Gray’s innovating new methodologies for digital effects is second-to-none. — Geoffrey Bunting, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2026

This bifurcated software environment is unfair not only to patients but also to medical device manufacturers, who are subject to regulations and review timelines that prevent them from innovating at the same pace and scale. — Dana P. Goldman, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026

In agriculture, Sabanto Tractors is innovating by converting existing farm equipment into autonomous machines, offering a cost-effective solution for farmers addressing labor shortages. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

This is Toyota playing catch-up rather than innovating, though. — New Atlas, 20 July 2026