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[ adjective ] (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

Synonyms

ingenious inventive

Examples

"an imaginative use of material" "an ingenious device" "had an inventive turn of mind" "inventive ceramics"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

Compare the vast difference in scope and beauty between his neat and witty little Classical_Symphony and his big , muscular , passionate , and eloquent Fifth_Symphony ; or the Love_for_Three_Oranges ( gay as it is ) with the wonderful , imaginative , colorful , and subtle tenderness of the magnificent ballet , The Stone_Flower .

(John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)

The mimetic character of the imaginative consciousness tends to express itself in the presentation of artistic forms and materials .

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

To carry_out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale .

Related terms

creative

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Rhymes with

communicative pejorative cumulative speculative unimaginative evocative additive formative laxative consultative collaborative argumentative normative demonstrative representative diminutive prerogative restorative provocative vegetative preventative oversensitive alternative degenerative determinative informative sensitive punitive unrepresentative generative intuitive insensitive tentative illustrative uninformative tentative positive causative talkative negative narrative prerogative remunerative figurative initiative corroborative indicative primitive superlative nutritive preservative substantive exploitative rep fugitive uncompetitive acquisitive ultraconservative rehabilitative imperative authoritative comparative curative meditative accusative lucrative affirmative imitative alliterative qualitative putative conservative interpretive neoconservative noncompetitive expletive competitive secretive recuperative palliative vituperative operative uncooperative inoperative relative sedative contemplative decorative fixative executive appreciative commemorative derivative deliberative consecutive prohibitive initiative reproductive photoconductive conductive nonproductive counterproductive unproductive connective productive inactive elucidative accommodative locomotive automotive supportive combative corroborative adaptive adoptive cognitive native hypersensitive abortive appointive regulative stimulative accumulative manipulative sensitive investigative protective insensitive innovative prognosticative assertive assaultive presumptive eruptive contraceptive seductive eruptive corruptive interactive disruptive infinitive productive fugitive facultative unattractive refractive definitive attractive legislative collective selective addictive additive destructive obstructive administrative constructive reconstructive instructive active octave attentive nonnative affective captive inattentive directive congestive vindictive combative irrespective introspective prospective retrospective detective hyperactive distinctive overactive adjective retroactive instinctive interactive infective suggestive proactive primitive repetitive competitive digestive subjective objective invective protective inquisitive preemptive collaborative cooperative motive plaintive deceptive

Phonetic and Homophones

IH0 M AE1 JH AH0 N AH0 T IH0 V

Similar Spelling

imaginatively imagination imaginable imaginary_part imagined imaginary

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