imaginative (s)
inventive (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
examples an imaginative use of material
the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman Lewis Mumford
an ingenious device
had an inventive turn of mind
inventive ceramics
Outgoing links
Similar to creative, originative
Derivationally related form inventive → invent; inventive → inventiveness
Derivationally related form imaginative → imagine
Derivationally related form imaginative → imaginativeness
Incoming links
Similar to creative, originative
Derived from adjective imaginatively → imaginative
Derived from adjective inventively → inventive
Derivationally related form imaginativeness → imaginative
Derivationally related form inventiveness → inventive; invent → inventive
Derivationally related form imagine → imaginative

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