creative

[kree-ey-tiv]

adjective

1. having the power to bring something new into being, as a creature, or to evolve something original from one’s own thought or imagination, as a work of art or invention: In the mythologies of the earliest human societies, the predominant ideas about which sex was more important in reproduction may have determined the sex assigned to the universal creative force.

   Research supports the claim that children are most creative in the early grades, before middle school.

   In the mythologies of the earliest human societies, the predominant ideas about which sex was more important in reproduction may have determined the sex assigned to the universal creative force.

2. resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative.

   creative writing.

3. originative; productive (usually followed byof ).

   Marx believed that labor alone was creative of value, not property ownership.

4. Facetious.,  using or creating exaggerated or skewed data, information, etc..

   creative bookkeeping.

noun

1. the people who design and produce artwork, video, copy, etc., for a business, typically in service of advertising and other aspects of marketing.

   Creative really hit this one out of the park—we’ve doubled our conversion rate almost overnight.

2. material made for advertising and other aspects of marketing, as a billboard, video ad, or web page design, or the activity of designing and producing it.

   In our latest campaign for a luxury services client, we used an AI platform to fine-tune creative based on user behavior.

3. a person who is an artist, writer, designer, etc., typically one employed by a business to work in advertising or other aspects of marketing.

   You’ll have to hire at least one new senior-level creative to keep up with the client’s expansion plans.

creative

/ kriːˈeɪtɪv /

adjective

1. having the ability to create

2. characterized by originality of thought; having or showing imagination

   a creative mind

3. designed to or tending to stimulate the imagination

   creative toys

4. characterized by sophisticated bending of the rules or conventions

   creative accounting

noun

1. a creative person, esp one who devises advertising campaigns

Other Word Forms

• creatively adverb
• creativeness noun
• anticreative adjective
• anticreatively adverb
• anticreativeness noun
• noncreative adjective
• noncreatively adverb
• noncreativeness noun
• subcreative adjective
• subcreatively adverb
• subcreativeness noun
• uncreative adjective
• uncreatively adverb
• uncreativeness noun
• creativity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of creative¹

First recorded in 1670–80; create + -ive

Example Sentences

About 500 people attended a recent Darogan recruitment event in Cardiff with one independent careers support body saying creative industries, business and tech are the UK's biggest growth areas and will need more graduates.

From BBC

“We’re monitoring them regularly, but we have to get really creative on how we move forward.”

From Los Angeles Times

"We try to be that creative because when you don't have money you have to be creative in the way you prepare," he said.

From BBC

Merely asking it to be “creative” or show us something more “adventurous” isn’t going to do the trick.

From Salon

The MP in charge of the new group called content creators such as Amelia "trailblazers of a new creative revolution".

From BBC

Related Words

• gifted 
• ingenious 
• innovative 
• inventive 
• original 
• productive 
• prolific 
• visionary