Synonyms for creative
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Originative — tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or…
pregnant, originative rare
2. Inventive — original, expressive and imaginative
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
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
- adj. 2
Original, expressive and imaginative.
a creative new solution to an old problem
Related words
- Word family
- creatify creativeness creativity creativize create creation creationist creator
Example sentences
- imaginative I struggle to understand their imaginative worlds.
- inventive Edison was an inventive genius of the United States.
- constructive Always be constructive when you criticize others.
- generative Everything you post on Bluesky is used to train generative AI.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| creative | rising | |
| imaginative | falling | |
| inventive | rising | |
| constructive | falling | |
| generative | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- original4, pregnant2, notional3
- 9 letters
- inventive3, formative3
- 10 letters
- generative4
- 11 letters
- imaginative5, originative
- 12 letters
- constructive3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (original4 = 4 syllables).