Creative
having the quality or power of .
resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative:
creative writing.
originative; productive (usually followed by of).
Facetious. using or exaggerated or skewed data, information, etc.:
creative bookkeeping.
Contemporary Examples
WATCH VIDEO of the 10 most creative ways Hollywood has destroyed the world, from On the Beach to Wall-E.
Apocalypse Now: The 10 Best Ways Hollywood Destroyed the World Shannon Donnelly, The Daily Beast Video November 29, 2009
Two years later, Ghesquière was promoted to creative director and the renaissance began.
Balenciaga and Designer Nicolas Ghesquiere Split Robin Givhan November 4, 2012
Abbas said the talks produced more “creative ideas” than any in the past.
Dear WaPo: Abbas Did Not ‘Reject’ Olmert’s Offer Emily L. Hauser July 9, 2013
It may look like an extra-large double wide, but it is, in fact, a colorful and creative restaurant.
The Ultimate Southern Cheeseburger Created in South Carolina Jane & Michael Stern August 9, 2014
But Chinese leaders are not allowing this creative destruction to occur.
China’s Looming Debt Disaster Gordon G. Chang August 22, 2011
Historical Examples
He held that view throughout his creative life, as a great poet must.
William Shakespeare John Masefield
After that, I hope to be able to recreate my creative faculty.
De Profundis Oscar Wilde
If we walked in our garden we felt the creative loam throbbing beneath our feet.
A Daughter of the Middle Border Hamlin Garland
The creative power abating is supplemented by a mechanical process.
Cratylus Plato
In genius, in creative power, he was inferior to many; but in influence he has had no equal among the sages of the world.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I John Lord
adjective
having the ability to create
characterized by originality of thought; having or showing imagination: a creative mind
designed to or tending to stimulate the imagination: creative toys
characterized by sophisticated bending of the rules or conventions: creative accounting
noun
a creative person, esp one who devises advertising campaigns
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.
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