Definitions for imaginativeɪˈmædʒ ə nə tɪv, -ˌneɪ tɪv

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

im•ag•i•na•tiveɪˈmædʒ ə nə tɪv, -ˌneɪ tɪv(adj.)

  1. characterized by imagination.

  2. of, pertaining to, or concerned with imagination.

  3. given to imagining.

  4. having exceptional powers of imagination.

  5. fanciful.

i•mag′i•na•tive•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. imaginative, inventive(adj)

    (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"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. imaginative(adjective)ɪˈmædʒ ə nə tɪv, -ˌneɪ tɪv

    making use of creative thinking

    an imaginative use of technology

  2. imaginativeɪˈmædʒ ə nə tɪv, -ˌneɪ tɪv

    able to think of ideas and be creative

    an imaginative writer

Wiktionary

  1. imaginative(Adjective)

    having a lively or creative imagination

  2. imaginative(Adjective)

    tending to be fanciful or inventive

  3. imaginative(Adjective)

    false or imagined

Webster Dictionary

  1. Imaginative(adj)

    proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word

  2. Imaginative(adj)

    given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative

  3. Imaginative(adj)

    unreasonably suspicious; jealous


Translations for imaginative

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

imaginative(adjective)

(negative unimaginative ) having, or created with, imagination

an imaginative writer; This essay is interesting and imaginative.

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