creative

See also: créative

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create +‎ -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Adjective

creative (comparative more creative, superlative most creative)

Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
a creative dramatist who avoids cliche
(of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
a creative new solution to an old problem
(set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
a creative set
Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
creative accounting

Synonyms

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inventive
original

Antonyms

imitative (tend to model an extant thing)
annihilative (tend to make extinct)

Derived terms

creatify
creative accounting
creative destruction
creative differences
creative energy
creatively
creativeness
creative nonfiction
creative sentence, creative sentencing
creative set
creative spelling
creative work
creative writing
creativity
creativize
pre-creative

Related terms

create
creation
creationism
creationist
creator

Translations

having the ability to create

Arabic: خَلَّاق‎ (ḵallāq)
Armenian: ստեղծարար (hy) (stełcarar), ստեղծագործ (hy) (stełcagorc), ստեղծագործական (hy) (stełcagorcakan), կրեատիվ (hy) (kreativ)
Belarusian: тво́рчы (tvórčy)
Bulgarian: творчески (bg) (tvorčeski), съзидателен (bg) (sǎzidatelen)
Catalan: creatiu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: tvořivý
Dutch: creatief (nl)
Esperanto: krea, kreema
Finnish: luova (fi)
French: créatif (fr)
Galician: creativo
Georgian: შემოქმედებითი (šemokmedebiti), კრეატიული (ḳreaṭiuli)
German: kreativ (de)
Greek: δημιουργικός (el) (dimiourgikós)
Hebrew: יצירתי‎ (he) m (yetsiratí)
Hungarian: alkotó (hu), kreatív (hu)
Icelandic: skapandi
Italian: creativo (it)
Japanese: 創造的な (sōzōteki na), 独創的 (ja) (dokusōteki na)
Khmer: ច្នៃប្រឌិត (cnayprɑɑdɨt)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Malay: berdaya cipta, kreatif
Maori: auaha
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: skapende
Old English: orþanclīċ
Polish: twórczy (pl)
Portuguese: criativo (pt), criador (pt)
Romanian: creativ (ro), creator (ro), inventiv (ro)
Russian: созида́тельный (ru) (sozidátelʹnyj), тво́рческий (ru) (tvórčeskij)
Spanish: creativo (es)
Swedish: kreativ (sv)
Tagalog: malikhain
Telugu: సృజనాత్మక (sr̥janātmaka)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: yaratıcı (tr)
Ukrainian: тво́рчий (uk) (tvórčyj)
Vietnamese: sáng tạo (vi)
Welsh: creadigol (cy)

original, expressive, and imaginative

Armenian: ստեղծագործական (hy) (stełcagorcakan), կրեատիվ (hy) (kreativ)
Belarusian: тво́рчы (tvórčy)
Bulgarian: творчески (bg) (tvorčeski)
Catalan: creatiu (ca)
Czech: tvořivý
Dutch: creatief (nl), kunstzinnig (nl)
Finnish: luova (fi)
French: créatif (fr)
Galician: creativo
Georgian: შემოქმედებითი (šemokmedebiti), კრეატიული (ḳreaṭiuli), ორიგინალური (originaluri)
German: kreativ (de), originell (de)
Greek: δημιουργικός (el) (dimiourgikós)
Hungarian: ötletes (hu), találékony (hu)
Icelandic: skapandi
Italian: creativo (it)
Japanese: 創造的な (sōzōteki na), 独創的 (ja) (dokusōteki na)
Latin: ingeniosus
Norwegian: oppfinnsom, kreativ
Old English: orþanclīċ
Polish: twórczy (pl), kreatywny (pl)
Portuguese: criativo (pt)
Romanian: creativ (ro)
Spanish: creativo (es)
Swedish: kreativ (sv)
Tagalog: malikhain
Telugu: సృజనాత్మక (sr̥janātmaka)
Thai: สร้างสรรค์ (th) (sâang-sǎn)
Turkish: yaratıcı (tr)
Ukrainian: тво́рчий (uk) (tvórčyj)

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Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} יצירתי‎ (he) (yetziraty) (2)

Noun

creative (countable and uncountable, plural creatives)

(countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.
He is a visionary creative.
(uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.
The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign.
I've included in my portfolio all the creative I've completed in my five year design career.

Translations

person directly involved in a creative marketing process

Catalan: creatiu (ca)
Dutch: creatief (nl)
Finnish: luovan työn tekijä
French: créatif (fr) m, créative (fr) f
Hungarian: alkotó (hu)
Italian: creativo (it) m, creativa (it) f
Portuguese: criativo (pt) m, criativa f
Spanish: creativo (es) m, creativa (es) f

artistic material

Finnish: visumateriaali, visut pl

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French: ^{(please verify)} créatif (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} créative (fr) f
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} יוצר‎ (he) m (yotzer), ^{(please verify)} יוצרת‎ f (yotzeret) (1)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} alkotó (hu), ^{(please verify)} kreatív (hu)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} creativo (it) m, ^{(please verify)} creativa (it) f
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 창조적인 (changjojeogin)
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 創造性的／创造性的 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 创造性的 (zh)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} kreativ
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} creativo (es) m, ^{(please verify)} creativa (es) f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} kreativ (sv)

References

creative at OneLook Dictionary Search
creative in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
"creative" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 82.
creative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

reactive

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kre.aˈti.ve/
Rhymes: -ive
Hyphenation: cre‧a‧tì‧ve

Adjective

creative f pl

feminine plural of creativo

Anagrams

createvi, recatevi