Imaginative - English meaning

adjective

Relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something.

Usage examples:

Change unleashes people's creative energy

noun

A person whose job involves creative work.

Usage examples:

The most important people in the mix will be creatives and direct marketing specialists

Having the ability or power to invent or make something

adjective

Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.

Usage examples:

Some enterprising teachers have started their own recycling programmes

adjective

(of a person) good at thinking of and doing new and difficult things, esp. those that will make money

Usage examples:

The business was started by a couple of enterprising women.

adjective

Good at thinking of new business ideas or projects, and making them successful

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An enterprising business/company/firm, throughout our company we need diverse, talented, creative, …

adjective

Single; separate.

Usage examples:

Individual tiny flowers

noun

A single human being as distinct from a group.

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Boat trips for parties and individuals

noun

A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

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We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

adjective

(of a person) clever, original, and inventive.

Usage examples:

He was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget

adjective

(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems

Usage examples:

An ingenious engineer/songwriter, she devised an ingenious solution to the problem.

adjective

(of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original.

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Innovative designs

adjective

(of ideas and methods) new and different

Usage examples:

Gwen introduced a number of innovative solutions.

adjective

Using new ideas or methods

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In recent years, the company has relied more on creative repackaging than on innovative design., in…

adjective

→  innovative

adjective

Having or showing an accurate and deep understanding; perceptive.

Usage examples:

Thank you for all the insightful comments

adjective

Showing a clear and usually original understanding of a complicated problem or situation

Usage examples:

She has written an insightful account of the modern art world., he was, of course, very funny and i…

adjective

Of extraordinary quality, as if arising from some external creative impulse.

Usage examples:

They had to thank the goalkeeper for some inspired saves

verb

Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

Usage examples:

His philosophy inspired a later generation of environmentalists

adjective

Excellent, or resulting from inspiration

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An inspired performance/choice, an inspired suggestion/guess

adjective

Having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.

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The most inventive composer of his time

adjective

Having or showing the ability to design or create something new

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He is famous for his zany, inventive books for children.

adjective

Very good at thinking of new and original ideas

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He is very inventive, always dreaming up new gadgets for the home.

noun

A member of a protestant church which dissents from the established church of england.

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Originally a nonconformist, he was later converted to anglo-catholicism

adjective

Relating to nonconformists or their principles and practices.

Usage examples:

Teetotalism was a largely nonconformist movement

noun

A person who does not live and think according to accepted customs and standards

adjective

Present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest.

Usage examples:

The original owner of the house

noun

The earliest form of something, from which copies may be made.

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The portrait may be a copy of the original

noun

The first one made and not a copy

Usage examples:

Send a copy of your receipt, but keep the original., the original plans have been changed., our tea…

adjective

Having the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.

Usage examples:

He maintained her reputation for being a resourceful problem-solver

adjective

Able to find and use different ways to help achieve your goals

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She plays the part of a tough, resourceful newspaper reporter.

adjective

Not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed.

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His unconventional approach to life

adjective

Contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox.

Usage examples:

He frequently upset other scholars with his unorthodox views

adjective

(of behavior, ideas, or methods) different from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

He has an unorthodox teaching style.

adjective

Different from what is usual or expected in behaviour, ideas, methods, etc.

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Unorthodox approaches/methods/practices regulators began to scrutinize the company's unorthodox acc…

adjective

Not habitually or commonly occurring or done.

Usage examples:

It was unusual for dennis to be late

adjective

Different from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

I was actually on time, which is unusual for me.

adjective

Thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom.

Usage examples:

A visionary leader

noun

A person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like.

Usage examples:

He is a visionary keen on policy-making

noun

A person who is able to imagine how a country, society, industry, etc., will or should develop in the future and to plan in a suitable way

Usage examples:

She was a social reformer, a true visionary.