creative
pronunciation
How to pronounce creative in British English:
UK [kriˈeɪtɪv]
How to pronounce creative in American English:
US [kriˈeɪtɪv]
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- Adjective:
- having the ability or power to create
- promoting construction or creation
- having the power to bring into being
Word Origin
- creative (adj.)
- 1670s, "having the quality of creating," from create + -ive. Of literature, "imaginative," from 1816, first attested in Wordsworth. Creative writing is attested from 1907. Related: Creatively.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Sometimes it helps to get creative .
- 2. What some call foot-dragging mrs merkel regards as creative obstruction .
- 3. Creative people make things . They make adjustments .
- 4. Creative imagination empowers us to create beyond our present reality .
- 5. Express your creative side .