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creative

creative

772 3.3
Showing imagination to make art or new ideas
  • adjective
  • /kriˈeɪtɪv/
translation icon : creativo
  • Teachers are encouraged to think of creative ways to use computer software beyond its primary function.
  • creative thinking
  • creative strategy
  • creative writing

and to be in touch with the creative power inside you.

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Examples

  • Being confident in one's own creative forces will bring energy to the classroom.

    Academic text (2011)
  • What if we focused on critical and creative thinking in the assessment process?

    Academic text (2011)
  • and to be in touch with the creative power inside you.

  • Why not be the most creative, fun part of you?

  • Yet across the U.S., many of you are finding creative ways to pitch in.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Community colleges are encouraged to be more creative in designing education abroad programs.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I've just really enjoyed like being creative with clay basically.

  • It's like it jogs that creative beast inside of me.

  • I think that's so common for people pursuing creative paths and any sort.

  • The artist is known for her creative approach to painting, always using unique colors and techniques.

Synonyms

innovative
vscreative
165 5.5

Having new ideas or methods to do things better

is more about original idea use generally rather than practical introduction
imaginative
vscreative
60 3.7

Having many new and different ideas

focuses on using original ideas to produce or make new things
inventive
vscreative
40 3.8

Able to think of new and useful ideas

leans more toward broad artistic idea use than technical making
generative
vscreative
2 7.3

Having the ability to make or produce new things

centres more on original ideas and imagination than on mere production
originative
vscreative
7.9

Able to create new ideas or things

applies original ideas across many kinds of making, not only firsts
inventional
vscreative
8.4

Showing skill at making new things

is broader, using original ideas beyond technical or device making

Antonyms

Does not show creativity or new 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

innovative
165 5.5
inventive
40 3.8
creative
772 3.3
imaginative
60 3.7

Surface Forms

creative positive
creativer comparative
creativest superlative

Morphology

creative = create (transparent) = create + ive

The adjective is a regular formation from the verb 'create' with the productive suffix '-ive', so its meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Creative comes from the Latin verb creare, which means 'to make'. It is the same root as create and creation, so creative describes someone who makes new ideas, art, or solutions.