Imaginative
Having or showing creativity and originality in thinking; able to imagine new ideas, scenarios, or solutions.
adjectiveImaginative
Having or showing creativity and originality in thinking; able to imagine new ideas, scenarios, or solutions.
adjectiveImagine This
Imagine a child turning a plain cardboard box into a rocket ship, with starry windows and a crew of talking robots, writing down adventures in a notebook as they travel to imaginative galaxies.
Sounds Like
Pronunciation: ih-MAJ-uh-nuh-tiv
Looks Like
Looks like imagine + -ative; visually resembles image or imagination.
Remember This
Imaginative comes from imagination and shares roots with image and imagine; it describes creative thought or work, not something that is real. Distinguish from imaginary (not real).
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creative, inventive, original, visionary, fantastical
Note
Use imaginative to describe people, works, or approaches that are creatively original. It often accompanies nouns like 'imaginative solution' or 'imaginative storyteller.' Avoid implying impracticality unless that is your intention; consider context to convey feasibility.
Study Deeper
- The author is praised for her imaginative novels that transport readers to magical worlds.
- An imaginative approach to problem solving helped the team design a novel, efficient gadget.
From Latin imaginativus 'of imagining or forming an image,' from imaginare 'to form a mental image' from imago 'image'.
Imagine + -ative: the root is imagine; remember that someone who is imaginative is actively imagining and making images in their mind.
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