Local English word record

inventive

adjective · 1 sense

(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action- Lewis Mumford

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Examples

  • an imaginative use of material
  • the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman
  • an ingenious device
  • had an inventive turn of mind
  • inventive ceramics

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Synonyms

imaginative

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