CREATIVE THINKING Synonyms

• 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

• (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

• exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception

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

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

• not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought

• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

• a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• 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

• of or relating to perception

• having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment

• having inner resources; adroit or imaginative

• not conforming to accepted rules or standards

• not conventional or conformist

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

• not bound by shackles and chains

• radically distinctive and without equal

• (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality

• the single one of its kind

• highly unusual or rare but not the single instance

• 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

• a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on

• the ability to create

• the ability to create