creative
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creative
- /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/
- /kəˈɹeɪtɪv/ nonstandard
Rhymes with -eɪtɪv
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin creātīvus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.
adjective more creative · most creative
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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
Similar: pregnant, originative
- Original, expressive and imaginative. a creative new solution to an old problem
- A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic. a creative set
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead. creative accounting and bookkeeping
- bad, unartistic, busy.
Similar: inventive, original, Promethean · Opposite: imitative, annihilative
noun creatives
- A person directly involved in a creative process; a creator of creative content. He is a visionary creative.
- Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or videos. The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: imaginative, inventive, ingenious, originative, notional, fictive, generative, fanciful, constructive, productive, yeasty, creativity, innovatory, innovative, innovation, creating
adjective
Similar: inventive, original, Promethean · Opposite: imitative, annihilative
Translations
Every language
adj having the ability to create
| Español | creativo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 創造的な sōzōteki na, 独創的 dokusōteki na |
| हिन्दी | रचनात्मकता racnātmaktā |
| Português | criativo, criador |
| Français | créatif |
| Deutsch | kreativ, schöpferisch |
| Italiano | creativo |
| Ελληνικά | δημιουργικός dimiourgikós |
| Română | creativ, creator, inventiv |
| Русский | созида́тельный sozidátelʹnyj, тво́рческий tvórčeskij |
| Tiếng Việt | sáng tạo |
| العربية | إِبْداعِيّ ʔibdāʕiyy, خَلَّاق ḵallāq, مُبْدِع mubdiʕ |
| עברית | יצירתי yetsiratí |
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title = {creative},
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