creativity

Examples

• All

• Solitude allows for self reflection, creativity and spiritual growth.

  B. Simone

• If there is no creativity, there is no genius.

• The soul has arrived and your creativity is your choice now.

• This might make us think about the nature of creativity and risk.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• You know creativity comes from within.

  Big Eyes (2014)

• I owe all my creativity to her.

  Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

• Children naturally display creative energy, but creativity seems to decline through the aging process.

  Academic text (2011)

• Her creativity shone through in the beautiful painting she made.

• The workshop encouraged participants to explore their creativity by developing new ideas.

• In the world of technology, creativity is essential for designing innovative solutions.

Synonyms

I

imagination

vscreativity

717 2.8

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

includes that mental forming plus turning ideas into creations

I

ingenuity

vscreativity

53 6.1

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

is broader creative ability, not limited to clever problem solving

O

originality

vscreativity

30 4.5

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

is broader, covering both novelty and the creative process itself

W

wizardry

vscreativity

11 6.7

Very great skill in a particular activity, like making games or cooking

is the broader capacity to imagine and make original ideas overall

C

creative thinking

vscreativity

5 3.7

Thinking in new ways to make things or solve problems

is the overall capacity to produce original ideas beyond problem solving

I

inventiveness

vscreativity

5 4.9

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

covers invention but also broader imaginative and artistic output

C

creativeness

vscreativity

1 3.3

Ability to think of new ideas and make new things

is the wider mental power to use imagination and original ideas

I

innovativeness

vscreativity

1 6.7

Thinking of new ideas and using new ways to do things

is the general imaginative ability that may or may not innovate

I

imaginativeness

vscreativity

6.6

Ability to think of new and creative ideas

is the fuller creative power that also produces actual creations

I

ingeniousness

vscreativity

7.2

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

is the wider imaginative capacity that includes artistic creation

F

fecundity

vscreativity

• Formal

9.1

The ability to produce many new ideas

focuses less on quantity and more on imaginative quality

F

fruitfulness

vscreativity

6.0

The ability to think of many new ideas

is broader, covering imaginative skill even without high idea quantity

G

generativity

vscreativity

8.7

A person's ability to make new ideas or things

is the general creative power, not only the generative tendency

P

procreativity

vscreativity

9.1

Ability to come up with new ideas or works

is wider, including single original acts and imaginative thought

I

individual creativity

vscreativity

3.7

A single person's own new ideas and ways of making things

is the general ability that applies to individuals and groups alike

Antonyms

B

banality

10 7.2

An idea or remark that is very obvious and boring

U

uncreativeness

7.5

Not having new ideas or ways of doing things

Idioms

S

to suffocate someone's creativity

7.2

Stop someone from thinking of new ideas

Compounds

I

individual creativity

3.7

A single person's own new ideas and ways of making things

How Creative

originality

30 4.5

inventiveness

5 4.9

creativity

213 3.4

imaginativeness

6.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology