English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latincreativus, from Latincreo.
Pronunciation[edit]
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- IPA(key): /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/
- Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Adjective[edit]
creative (comparativemore creative, superlativemost creative)
- Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novelfashion, or any or all of these.
- a creative dramatist who avoids cliche
- (of a created thing)Original, expressive and imaginative.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- a creative set
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
- creative accounting
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Antonyms[edit]
- imitative(tend to model an extant thing)
- annihilative(tend to make extinct)
Derived terms[edit]
- creative sentence, creative sentencing
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Translations[edit]
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Noun[edit]
creative (countable and uncountable, pluralcreatives)
- (countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.
- (uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.
- The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign.
- I've included in my portfolio all the creative I've completed in my five year design career.
Translations[edit]
person directly involved in a creative marketing process
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References[edit]
- creative at OneLook Dictionary Search
- creative in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- 'creative' in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 82.
- creative in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ive
Adjective[edit]
creative
- Feminine plural of adjective creativo.
Anagrams[edit]
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Related topics: Artscreativecre‧a‧tive1 /kriˈeɪtɪv/W3 adjective1IDEAinvolving the use of imagination to produce new ideas or thingsThis job is so boring. I wish I could do something more creative.I teach creative writing at Trinity College.the creative process of writing a poemDiaghilev did his great creative work in France.a creative solution to the problem2AART/CULTUREsomeone who is creative is very good at using their imagination to make things → inventiveYou’re so creative! I could never make my own clothes. --creatively adverb --creativeness noun [uncountable]