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

Humans have been sleeping on some sort of mattress for 77,000 years, beginning with leaves and twigs, then innovating through other plant materials and animal hair, eventually reaching today’s many, many foam offerings. — Jaklin Romine oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

When the Innovators finished innovating, around ten, Slade considered how to get home. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Lauder is innovating not just with new products, but iterating existing hero products as well. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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

Active defense Even with these hurdles, Cap_able’s Didero is determined to keep innovating. — IEEE Spectrum, 14 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