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1creative
adjective cre·a·tive \krē-ˈā-tiv, ˈkrē-ˌ\
: having or showing an ability to make new things or think of new ideas
: using the ability to make or think of new things : involving the process by which new ideas, stories, etc., are created
: done in an unusual and often dishonest way
Full Definition of CREATIVE
2
: having the quality of something created rather than imitated : imaginative <the creative arts>
3
: managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits <creative financing>; also : deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud <creative accounting>
— cre·a·tive·ly adverb
— cre·a·tive·ness noun
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First Known Use of CREATIVE
1678
Related to CREATIVE
- Synonyms
- clever, imaginative, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, inventive, original, originative, Promethean
- Antonyms
- uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unoriginal
Rhymes with CREATIVE
2creative
noun
Definition of CREATIVE
1
: one who is creative; especially : one involved in the creation of advertisements
2
: creative activity or the material produced by it especially in advertising
First Known Use of CREATIVE
1962
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CREATIVE Defined for Kids
creative
adjective cre·a·tive \krē-ˈā-tiv\
Definition of CREATIVE for Kids
: able to invent or produce new and original things
— cre·a·tive·ly adverb
— cre·a·tive·ness noun
Word Root of CREATIVE
The Latin word creāre, meaning “to produce” or “to cause,” gives us the root cre. Words from the Latin creāre have something to do with producing or causing. To create something is to produce it. Anyone creative is able to produce new and original things. A creature is a being that was alive when it was produced
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