CREATIVE Synonyms

• being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

• preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

• (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary

• not derived or copied or translated from something else

• (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something

• have the skills and qualifications to do things well

• having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity

• having a strong healthy body

• relating to or characteristic of art or artists

• satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities

• aesthetically pleasing

• of surpassing excellence

• having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

• characterized by grandeur

• having strong or striking color

• full of light; shining intensely

• clear and sharp and ringing

• showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

• mentally quick and resourceful

• showing inventiveness and skill

• marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects

• performing gestures or possessing qualities or features that suggest a certain state of being or emotion

• characterized by expression

• endowed with talent or talents

• (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

• showing inventiveness and skill

• ahead of the times

• being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

• being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

• appealing to or using the intellect

• involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

• a person who uses the mind creatively

• of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

• producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)

• having the ability to produce or originate

• yielding positive results

• marked by great fruitfulness

• having inner resources; adroit or imaginative

• having or showing or requiring special skill

• showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

• a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

• elegant and stylish

• characterized by quickness and ease in learning

• improperly forward or bold

• painfully severe

• quick and brisk

• capable of independent and apparently intelligent action

• be the source of pain

• endowed with talent or talents

• a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

• a person with unusual powers of foresight

• not practical or realizable; speculative