creative.
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
Meaning & usage
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
Original, expressive and imaginative.
a creative new solution to an old problem
A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
a creative set
Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
creative accounting and bookkeeping
bad, unartistic, busy.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.
A person directly involved in a creative process; a creator of creative content.
He is a visionary creative.
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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.
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