creative

See also: créative

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creo.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/
Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
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AdjectiveEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

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AntonymsEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

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TranslationsEdit

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 (ka) (ḳreaṭiuli)
German: kreativ (de)
Greek: δημιουργικός (el) (dimiourgikós)
Hebrew: יצירתי‎ (he) m (yetsiratí)
Hungarian: alkotó (hu), kreatív (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Italian: creativo (it)

Japanese: 創造的な (sōzōteki na), 独創的 (ja) (dokusōteki na)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
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
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 (ka) (ḳreaṭiuli), ორიგინალური (originaluri)
German: kreativ (de), originell (de)
Greek: δημιουργικός (el) (dimiourgikós)
Hungarian: ötletes (hu), találékony (hu)
Italian: creativo (it)

Japanese: 創造的な (sōzōteki na), 独創的 (ja) (dokusōteki na)
Latin: ingeniosus
Norwegian: oppfinnsom, kreativ
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)

NounEdit

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.

TranslationsEdit

person directly involved in a creative marketing process

Catalan: creatiu (ca)
Dutch: creatief (nl)
Finnish: luovan työn tekijä (fi)
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 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 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 创造性的 (zh)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} kreativ
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} creativ (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} creativă f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} creativo (es) m, ^{(please verify)} creativa (es) f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} kreativ (sv)

ReferencesEdit

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.

AnagramsEdit

reactive

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Rhymes: -ive

AdjectiveEdit

creative

feminine plural of creativo