innovative
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of innovative
Explanation
Something innovative is new and original. If you love to experiment and find new ways to do things, you are an innovative person. Innovative, like nova, novel, and novice, comes from the Latin novus, which means new. Something innovative renews or alters the way something has been done. You can use innovative to describe the thing or the person that made it. If your English teacher objects to your experimental writing style, tell him, "I'm an innovative writer making innovative sentences!" Antonyms are unoriginal and hackneyed.
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Even by the standards of Renaissance Florence, where talent flowed in torrents, the existence of three generations of innovative masters in one family was nothing short of extraordinary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
GameStop chief Ryan Cohen argued that the group was poorly managed and not innovative enough.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
"This solution enables developers and banks to create innovative products and services for their customers and facilitates competition between wallets, while ensuring users' sensitive data remains protected by the highest security standards".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Silicon Valley was once seen as a breeding ground for progressive-minded entrepreneurs, their politics running in parallel with their innovative solutions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
“We used the spring snare to snag that chimera last month. I don’t really like repeating ourselves. Makes us look less innovative than—” He stopped himself.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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