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

And keeping your brand’s reputation intact is still paramount, which makes innovating even more challenging. — John Abou, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

But the team hopes to contribute to a larger effort in innovating agriculture. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2026

Not long after, in 1969, the government sued IBM for dominating the computer market by innovating too quickly. — Sen. Rand Paul Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

The producer Xinxiang Bailu is also innovating with products derived from Juncao grass, from post-consumer hotel linens, and from inputs from the Swedish forestry cooperation Södra. — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

The glory days of popular nameplates like the Lancer Evolution, Galant and Eclipse may have come and gone, but the Japanese automaker isn't done innovating. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

But, obviously, marching band and first-line directors have been dealing with these issues since time memorial, so Byrne is innovating as part of a fine tradition. — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

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