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Creative

//kɹiˈeɪtɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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"

  2. 2
    Original, expressive and imaginative.

    "a creative new solution to an old problem"

  3. 3
    A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

    "a creative set"

  4. 4
    Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.

    "creative accounting"

  5. 5
    bad, unartistic, busy. euphemistic
Adjective
  1. 1
    promoting construction or creation wordnet
  2. 2
    having the ability or power to create wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person directly involved in a creative marketing process. countable

    "He is a visionary creative."

  2. 2
    Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video. uncountable

    "The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.

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