Definition of imaginative Imaginative

/ɪmæˈʤʌnʌtɪv/ - [imatjunutiv] - im•ag•i•na•tive

We found 7 definitions of imaginative from 3 different sources.

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What does imaginative mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

imaginative - (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"
  inventive
  creative, originative promoting construction or creation; "creative work"
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  • imaginative (a.)
    Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word.
  • imaginative (a.)
    Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.
  • imaginative (a.)
    Unreasonably suspicious; jealous.

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