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creative

creative

11 3.7
A person who uses imagination to make art or new ideas
  • noun
  • /kriˈeɪtɪv/
translation icon : creativo
  • As a successful creative, she transformed her unique vision into a thriving business.
  • EJL creatives

It's hard as a creative to drown out the noise.

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Examples

  • If you need the gig to pay your bills, respect the creatives and do your job.

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  • The creative developed an innovative marketing campaign that impressed everyone at the meeting.

  • It's hard as a creative to drown out the noise.

  • So she is the creative genius behind Jones Rd.

  • How do you guys personally choose which creative outlet to concentrate on?

  • But we appreciate the creative, not just the hype.

  • Each issue was a chance to collaborate with the best creatives in the world.

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  • She's interviewing a new creative.

  • I've spent a decade studying how creatives do what they do and it's simple: they work.

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  • Many creatives find inspiration in nature when designing their artwork.

Synonyms

creative person
vscreative
15 3.6

A person who thinks of new ideas and finds new ways to do things

is a broader skill at inventing ideas art or design outcomes
creative thinker
vscreative
1 3.6

A person who has new ideas and finds new ways to solve problems

is more about producing original works and designs than just thinking

Antonyms

14 4.0

Not having new or interesting ideas

2 4.3

Not having new ideas or ways of doing things

Compounds

A person who thinks of new ideas and finds new ways to do things

A new and useful way to solve a problem

Thinking in new ways to make things or solve problems

creative accounting
  • Literature
2 6.7

Use of legal methods to make a company's money situation look better than it really is

Using imagination or skill to make something new, like painting and writing

A person who has new ideas and finds new ways to solve problems

Turning new and different ideas into products or objects that look good and work well

A way of teaching that uses new ideas and activities to help students learn

How Creative

visionary
47 6.3
innovator
38 4.3
creative
11 3.7

Surface Forms

creative singular
creatives plural

Etymology

Creative as a noun comes from the same root creare 'to make'. A helpful way to remember a creative is to think of a person who 'makes' new ideas or designs, so the noun means someone who produces original work.