creative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/
- /kəˈɹeɪtɪv/ (nonstandard)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.
Meanings
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Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
a creative dramatist who avoids cliche
The future belongs to those aware enough to see the system, brave enough to reject it, and creative enough to build something better.
2025 January 23, Joshua Stylman, The Algorithmic Age:
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(of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
a creative new solution to an old problem
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A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
a creative set
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(ironic) Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
creative accounting and bookkeeping
- (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most creative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more creative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
creative destruction · creativelike · creative spelling · creativity · creative set · creatively · precreative · overcreative · miscreative · creative block · creative sentencing · creative class · creativize · creative nonfiction · anticreative · hypercreative · semicreative · undercreative · noncreative · creatify · pre-creative · creative energy · creative differences · cocreative · subcreative · creative accounting · creativeness · creative sentence · creative writing · creative work · uncreative
Relateds
creationist · creationism · creation · creator · create
Synonyms
originative · original · Promethean · pregnant · inventive
Translations (95)
nl kunstzinnig (original, expressive, and imaginative) · hu ötletes (original, expressive, and imaginative) · hi रचनात्मक (original, expressive, and imaginative) · fr créatif (original, expressive, and imaginative) · cy creadigol (having the ability to create) · ro creator (having the ability to create) · ca creatiu (original, expressive, and imaginative) · ka შემოქმედებითი (having the ability to create) · ca creatiu (having the ability to create) · az yaradıcı (original, expressive, and imaginative) · km ច្នៃប្រឌិត (having the ability to create) · uk тво́рчий (original, expressive, and imaginative) · ms berdaya cipta (having the ability to create) · fi luova (having the ability to create) · mi auaha (having the ability to create) · tr yaratıcı (having the ability to create) · eo kreema (having the ability to create) · hy ստեղծագործական (having the ability to create) · de schöpferisch (having the ability to create) · tr yaratıcı (original, expressive, and imaginative) · fr créatif (having the ability to create) · es creativo (original, expressive, and imaginative) · hy կրեատիվ (original, expressive, and imaginative) · hy կրեատիվ (having the ability to create) · ro creativ (original, expressive, and imaginative) · pl twórczy (having the ability to create) · cs tvořivý (having the ability to create) · hy ստեղծարար (having the ability to create) · uk тво́рчий (having the ability to create) · th สร้างสรรค์ (original, expressive, and imaginative) · is skapandi (original, expressive, and imaginative) · el δημιουργικός (having the ability to create) · gl creativo (original, expressive, and imaginative) · el δημιουργικός (original, expressive, and imaginative) · hy ստեղծագործ (having the ability to create) · hu találékony (original, expressive, and imaginative) · vi sáng tạo (having the ability to create) · ka ორიგინალური (original, expressive, and imaginative) · hu alkotó (having the ability to create) · hu kreatív (having the ability to create) · pt criador (having the ability to create) · be тво́рчы (having the ability to create) · ar مُبْدِع (having the ability to create) · bg творчески (having the ability to create) · eo krea (having the ability to create) · no oppfinnsom (original, expressive, and imaginative) · it creativo (original, expressive, and imaginative) · te సృజనాత్మక (original, expressive, and imaginative) · is skapandi (having the ability to create) · it creativo (having the ability to create) · bg творчески (original, expressive, and imaginative) · bg съзидателен (having the ability to create) · ms kreatif (having the ability to create) · ar إِبْداعِيّ (having the ability to create) · no kreativ (original, expressive, and imaginative) · fa خلاق (having the ability to create) · fi luova (original, expressive, and imaginative) · sv kreativ (having the ability to create) · ja 創造的な (having the ability to create) · pt criativo (original, expressive, and imaginative) · ang orþanclīċ (original, expressive, and imaginative) · gl creativo (having the ability to create) · ka კრეატიული (original, expressive, and imaginative) · la ingeniosus (original, expressive, and imaginative) · ang orþanclīċ (having the ability to create) · ar خَلَّاق (having the ability to create) · ja 創造的な (original, expressive, and imaginative) · ka კრეატიული (having the ability to create) · te సృజనాత్మక (having the ability to create) · az yaradıcı (having the ability to create) · tl malikhain (having the ability to create) · pl twórczy (original, expressive, and imaginative) · hy ստեղծագործական (original, expressive, and imaginative) · sv kreativ (original, expressive, and imaginative) · de kreativ (original, expressive, and imaginative) · no skapende (having the ability to create) · ka შემოქმედებითი (original, expressive, and imaginative) · hi रचनात्मकता (having the ability to create) · ja 独創的 (having the ability to create) · pt criativo (having the ability to create) · ru созида́тельный (having the ability to create) · tl malikhain (original, expressive, and imaginative) · de originell (original, expressive, and imaginative) · ja 独創的 (original, expressive, and imaginative) · ro creativ (having the ability to create) · de kreativ (having the ability to create) · ro inventiv (having the ability to create) · ru тво́рческий (having the ability to create) · cs tvořivý (original, expressive, and imaginative) · he יצירתי (having the ability to create) · es creativo (having the ability to create) · be тво́рчы (original, expressive, and imaginative) · nl creatief (original, expressive, and imaginative) · nl creatief (having the ability to create) · pl kreatywny (original, expressive, and imaginative)