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Webster 1913 Edition
Creative
Cre-a′tive
(-t?v)
, Adj.
Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.
“Creative talent.” W. Irving.
The
creative
force exists in the germ. Whewell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Creative
CREATIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
creative
creative
See also: créative
English
Adjective
creative (comparative more creative, superlative most creative)
- 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
- (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
- a creative new solution to an old problem
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- a creative set
Synonyms
Antonyms
- imitative (tend to model an extant thing)
- annihilative (tend to make extinct)
Derived terms
- creatify
- creative accounting
- creative differences
- creative sentence, creative sentencing
- creative set
- creative writing
- creatively
- creativeness
- creativity
- creativize
Related terms
Translations
having the ability to create
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original, expressive, and imaginative
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Noun
creative (countable and uncountable, plural creatives)
- (countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.
- He is a visionary creative.
- (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
person directly involved in a creative marketing process
artistic material
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