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innovatory

innovatory

7.2
Introducing new ideas or ways of doing things
  • adjective
  • /ˈɪnəˌveɪtəri/
translation icon : innovador
  • The school adopted an innovatory curriculum to better engage students.

Examples

  • That was an innovatory idea!

  • The company is known for its innovatory approach to product design.

  • Her innovatory ideas helped transform the way the team worked together.

  • The team presented an innovatory approach to solving the problem.

  • The innovatory design of the product impressed everyone at the exhibition.

  • Her innovatory approach to education has transformed the way students learn.

  • The team presented an innovatory method to improve energy efficiency in buildings.

Synonyms

innovative
vsinnovatory
165 5.5

Having new ideas or methods to do things better

focuses on favoring new ideas rather than just using them
revolutionary
vsinnovatory
103 5.2

Causing a big change in how people do things

means favoring new ideas without necessarily causing dramatic change
ingenious
vsinnovatory
75 5.8

Clever and original in solving problems or making useful things

is about promoting new ideas generally, not personal cleverness
groundbreaking
vsinnovatory
57 5.1

New ideas or methods that change how something is done

implies favoring new ideas but less emphasis on dramatic change
inventive
vsinnovatory
40 3.8

Able to think of new and useful ideas

focuses on favoring new ideas rather than individual creative skill
avant-garde
vsinnovatory
7 8.2

Being new and unusual in art, fashion, or music

is about new ideas in general, not only artistic experiments
trailblazing
vsinnovatory
1 5.6

Introducing new ideas or methods that change a field

relates to favoring new ideas generally rather than specific practice
innovational
vsinnovatory
6.7

Having new ideas or methods that make things better

is about favoring or introducing new ideas or methods
pathbreaking
vsinnovatory
6.3

Causing big change with new important ideas or methods

is about supporting new ideas rather than stressing importance

Antonyms

306 4.4

A person who does not want big changes and likes traditional values

How Innovative

radical
462 6.0
innovative
165 5.5
innovatory
7.2
novel
72 5.1
conventional
175 2.8

Surface Forms

innovatory positive

Morphology

innovatory = innovate (transparent) = innovate + ory

Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix 'ory' to 'innovate', so the meaning 'introducing new ideas' is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Innovatory comes from the Latin root nov- meaning 'new' and is related to the common word innovate, which means 'make new'. So something innovatory introduces new ideas or new ways, which is why it describes things that bring change.