creative
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
Adjective 4 meanings
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
“a creative dramatist who avoids cliche”
Original, expressive and imaginative.
“a creative new solution to an old problem”
A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
“a creative set”
Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
“creative accounting and bookkeeping”
Noun 2 meanings
A person directly involved in a creative process; a creator of creative content.
“He is a visionary creative.”
Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.
“The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.
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CREATIVE at a glance
CREATIVE has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (C 3 + R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,420 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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