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creative thinking

creative thinking

5 3.7
Thinking in new ways to make things or solve problems
  • noun
  • /kriˈeɪtɪv ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
translation icon : pensamiento creativo
  • In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that using computers in kindergarten impacts children's creative thinking skills.
  • creative thinking ability
  • creative thinking skills
  • creative thinking process

This is the source of all creative thinking.

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Examples

  • Both focus on solving problems and require creative thinking, communication, and collaboration.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Students use critical and creative thinking and problem-solving to develop high-level products.

    Academic text (2015)
  • That clearly shows some some creative thinking and some significant capacity to get things done.

  • What if we focused on critical and creative thinking in the assessment process?

    Academic text (2011)
  • In the final analysis, we are limited only by our own creative thinking as teachers.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Their strategic plans all made sense, but there was little creative thinking.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Composition is not the only end product of the creative thinking process.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Students develop critical and creative thinking skills within inquiry-based models.

    Academic text (2015)
  • In this study, a program based on computer use examined its effect on children's creative thinking.

    Academic text (2011)
  • To innovate successfully, companies must prioritize creative thinking in their development teams.

Synonyms

imagination
vscreative thinking
717 2.8

The ability to form new pictures and ideas in your mind that are not real

emphasizes the thinking action that uses that mental power to solve problems
creativity
vscreative thinking
213 3.4

The ability to use imagination to make new ideas or things

focuses specifically on the thinking process used to create or solve problems
ingenuity
vscreative thinking
53 6.1

Clever new thinking that finds solutions to problems and makes useful things

is broader, covering the deliberate thought methods used to be creative
originality
vscreative thinking
30 4.5

A quality of being new and different in ideas and not copied from others

focuses more on the active process of generating and applying new ideas
ideation
vscreative thinking
  • Jargon
6 7.9

To think of new plans or solutions for a problem

is the broader ability to think imaginatively beyond just forming ideas
inventiveness
vscreative thinking
5 4.9

The ability to think of new ideas and ways to do things

is the mental process where that talent is applied to solve problems
creativeness
vscreative thinking
1 3.3

Ability to think of new ideas and make new things

is about the specific mental activity of thinking to produce those ideas
innovativeness
vscreative thinking
1 6.7

Thinking of new ideas and using new ways to do things

is the mental activity of producing those new ideas or methods
lateral thinking
vscreative thinking
1 5.3

A way to solve problems by looking at them from new angles

is the general ability to use imagination and new ideas in problem solving
out of the box thinking
vscreative thinking
  • Jargon
1 4.4

To solve problems using new creative ideas

is the general mental ability behind that unconventional problem approach
out-of-the-box thinking
vscreative thinking
  • Jargon
1 4.6

A way to find new, creative ideas to solve problems

is the broader capacity to imagine and develop new ideas or solutions
blue-sky thinking
vscreative thinking
  • Jargon
1 6.4

A way to find new ideas that ignores practical limits

is the applied mental skill that can work both freely and practically
imaginativeness
vscreative thinking
6.6

Ability to think of new and creative ideas

is about using thinking deliberately to turn those images into solutions
ingeniousness
vscreative thinking
7.2

Being very clever at finding new ways to solve problems and make things

is the process of thinking that leads to those clever solutions
divergent thinking
vscreative thinking
6.3

A way of thinking that comes up with many different ideas to solve a problem

is the overall capacity to use imagination and new ideas more generally

Antonyms

2 4.3

Not having new ideas or ways of doing things

8.1

A preference for usual ways of thinking or behaving, for example in art

How Creative

blue-sky thinking
  • Jargon
1 6.4
originality
30 4.5
creative thinking
5 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

creative + thinking

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'creative' (able to invent or imagine new things) + 'thinking' (deliberate use of the mind); it denotes thinking that is imaginative or idea-generating. This adjective+noun pattern is standard and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Creative thinking paints a simple picture: creative means making new things and thinking means using your mind to join ideas, like a builder putting parts together in his head. So it means 'using imagination and new ideas to create something or solve problems'.