Edison was an inventive genius of the United States.
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Inventive
/ɪnˈvɛntɪv/
Synonyms for "inventive" (218 found)
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Adjective(20 words)
imaginativeartisticartistic effectartistic portfolioartistic productionartistic protestartistic workclevercleverercreativecreative actioncreative action learningcreative activitycreative approachcreative artscreative attributecreative collective projectcreative deedcreative disciplinescreative environment
Noun(4 words)
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Adjective(31 words)
creative expressioncreative expressionscreative fieldcreative flowcreative ideascreative investigationcreative layoutcreative outletcreative personcreative piecescreative practicecreative processcreative productcreative projectcreative prosecreative studiescreative stylecreative thinkercreative traitcreative wording
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creative workcreative work processcreative work projectcreative work samplecreative writingcreative writing methodcreative writing taskdaring stepdreamlikeenterprisingfertile arable land
Noun(9 words)
creative flaircreative problem solvingcreative thinkingcreative work outputcreative work portfoliocreative work productcreative workscreative writing developmentguesswork driven teaching
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Adjective(22 words)
human creativityimagined entityingeniousinnovativeinnovative approachinnovative designinnovative learning toolslateral thinking puzzlenovel approachnovel ideanovel methodnovel solutionoriginaloriginal motifpioneering methodprometheanquirkiestquirkyresourcefulspanish recurso
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unconventionalwild imagination
ideationalideativeimaginativein embryoin its infancyin the budinauguralinceptiveinchoateinchoativeincipientincunabularinfantinfantileingeniousinitialinitiativeinitiatoryinnovationalinnovative
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insidiousinspiredintroductoryknowingmachiavellianmachiavellicnascentnatalnotionaloriginaloriginativeparturientpawkypoliticpostnatalpregnantprenatalprimalprimaryprimeprimevalprimitiveprimogenialprocreativeproductiveprolificreadyresourcefulrudimentalrudimentaryschemingseminalserpentineshapingsharpshiftyshrewdslickslipperyslysmoothsnakysneakysophisticalstealthystrategicsubtilesubtlesuppletacticalteemingtrickishtricksytrickyurvisionedvividvulpinewarywily
Noun(5 words)
Verb(1 words)
keep original time
Adverb(1 words)
most creative expression
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9 entriesclever solutioncreative assignmentcreative projectdesign challengeingenious ideaingenious methodinventive designinventive exerciseresourceful strategy
Collocations
6 entriesinventive approachinventive designinventive mindinventive projectinventive solutioninventive thinking
Inflections
2 entriesmore inventivemost inventive
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He is inventive of excuses.
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I think: Necessity makes inventive.
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Tom is inventive.
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