creative

Adj

1. Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
2. Original, expressive and imaginative.
3. A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
4. Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
5. (euphemistic) bad, unartistic, busy.

Noun

1. (countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.
2. (uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹiˈeɪtɪv/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.

Synonyms

inventive

originative

original

imaginative

constructive

productive

fertile

artistic

ingenious

resourceful

generative

fresh

innovative

creating

formative

poetic

seminal

unique

visionary

yeasty

demiurgic

creative accounting

demiurgeous

active

inventious

begetter

capable

causal

creative urge

creator

fictive

functional

generator

inspired

maker

new

🆕

novel

originator

plastic

Translations

creativo

créatif

creativo

kreativ

criativo

δημιουργικός

schöpferisch

creatief

creatiu

kreatywny

creativa

twórczy

créateur

creativa

خلاق

Sentences

Are children more creative than adults ?