creative

A2 Topic:Describing People

US /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #4112

Meanings

1

adj
Having or showing original ideas and imagination.

They found a creative new solution to an old problem.
2

adj
Involving the use of imagination to make things.

She enjoys creative work like painting and writing.
3

noun
A person who works in a creative field such as design or advertising.

The agency hired several talented creatives.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · involving the use of... originative

More inventive original promethean

Opposites

annihilative imitative

Word family

Forms creatives

Derived forms anticreativecocreativecreatifycreativelikecreatively creativeness creativitycreativizehypercreativemiscreativenoncreativeovercreative

Related forms create creation creationism creationist creator

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Phrases (2)

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creative play
imaginative, unstructured play that encourages inventiveness

Adjective + noun
creative thinking
the capacity to generate original and inventive ideas

Adjective + noun

Idioms (1)

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creative destruction
the process by which new innovations destroy and replace outdated firms and industries

Etymology

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

creō Latin

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Topics

Describing People

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# creative

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 4112

## Meanings
1. Having or showing original ideas and imagination.
2. Involving the use of imagination to make things.
3. A person who works in a creative field such as design or advertising.

## Examples
- They found a creative new solution to an old problem.
- She enjoys creative work like painting and writing.
- The agency hired several talented creatives.

## Synonyms
- inventive
- original
- promethean

## Antonyms
- annihilative
- imitative

## Derived Forms
- anticreative
- cocreative
- creatify
- creativelike
- creatively
- creativeness
- creativity
- creativize
- hypercreative
- miscreative
- noncreative
- overcreative

## Related Forms
- create
- creation
- creationism
- creationist
- creator

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: creō
- Affix: -ive - tending to
- Affix: -ative - tending to

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

## AI Etymology
creative was borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ. Current senses include Having or showing original ideas and imagination and Involving the use of imagination to make things. English relatives and later formations include anticreative, cocreative, creatify, create, creation.

## Topics
- Describing People

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