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creative thinker

creative thinker

1 3.6
A person who has new ideas and finds new ways to solve problems
  • noun
translation icon : pensador creativo
  • Breakthrough Communities showcases some of the most brilliant, innovative, and creative thinkers of our time.

But David is the most creative thinker I know, I've known.

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Examples

  • Let's bring in creative thinkers from outside DC and brainstorm with them.

  • I believe technology and engineering teachers are some of the most creative thinkers in the world, regardless of their specialty.

    Academic text (2011)
  • How does it show you are a creative thinker?

    Academic text (1997)
  • Do you consider yourself a creative thinker with great ideas?

    Blog text (17)
  • The most successful business people are creative thinkers.

    Blog text (10)
  • With so much unemployment, especially among young people, where are the creative thinkers to help create solutions?

    Blog text (28)
  • Having creative thinkers on the team moves the organization forward in ways that can't be anticipated.

    Academic text (2015)
  • If state legislatures want their future citizens to be creative thinkers and problem solvers, then they must rethink their expected outcomes.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Micro-management and bureaucracy are the fastest ways to drive away creative thinkers and innovators.

    Blog text (17)
  • A successful advertising campaign often requires acreative thinker who can come up with fresh and appealing ideas.

Synonyms

visionary
vscreative thinker
47 6.3

A person who imagines new ideas and plans for the future

is centered on inventive idea generation and practical problem solving now
innovator
vscreative thinker
38 4.3

A person who creates new ideas or ways of doing things

is more about thinking up original ideas and solving problems creatively
creative person
vscreative thinker
15 3.6

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

emphasizes idea generation and practical inventive problem solving rather than finished work
creative
vscreative thinker
11 3.7

A person who uses imagination to make art or new ideas

stresses idea generation and problem solving over general skill or craft
divergent thinker
vscreative thinker
1 6.7

A person who thinks of many new ideas to solve problems

focuses on generating original ideas and solving problems in inventive ways
conceiver
vscreative thinker
1 8.0

A person who creates new ideas or plans

covers idea invention plus solving problems, not only originating plans
imaginer
vscreative thinker
1 8.1

A person who makes new ideas and stories in their mind, like a writer or artist

adds the ability to turn ideas into inventive problem solutions
brainstormer
vscreative thinker
1 4.3

A person or tool that helps people think of new ideas

is an independent source of original ideas and inventive problem solutions

Antonyms

A person who prefers traditional ways and customs

How Creative

visionary
47 6.3
innovator
38 4.3
creative thinker
1 3.6
conventionalist
  • Formal
8.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

creative + thinker

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'creative' (able to invent or imagine new things) with 'thinker' (a person who engages in thought); together they straightforwardly denote a person who generates original ideas. This adjective+noun composition is a common, compositional pattern found across languages and will be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Creative thinker combines creative, meaning 'making new ideas', and thinker, meaning 'someone who thinks'. Imagine a person with a light bulb over their head who finds new solutions, so the phrase means 'a person who can make new ideas or solve problems in new ways'.