Definition of inventive Inventive

/ɪnvɛˈntɪv/ - [inventiv] - in•ven•tive

We found 4 definitions of inventive from 3 different sources.

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What does inventive mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

inventive - (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"
  imaginative
  creative, originative promoting construction or creation; "creative work"
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  • inventive (a.)
    Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius.

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