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Imaginative Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Imaginative? [adj] (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Imaginative: creative \| ingenious \| inventive \| originative Related Terms \| Find terms related to Imaginative: authentic \| avant-garde \| clever \| conceptive \| conceptual \| contrived \| creative \| enterprising \| esemplastic \| expressive \| fanciful \| fantastic \| fecund \| fertile \| fictional \| fictitious \| firsthand \| fresh \| germinal \| graphic \| ideational \| ideative \| ingenious \| innovative \| inspired \| inspiring \| inventive \| meaningful \| new \| notional \| novel \| original \| originative \| poetical \| pregnant \| productive \| prolific \| resourceful \| revolutionary \| seminal \| shaping \| suggestive \| teeming \| underived \| unique \| visionary \| visioned \| vivid \| whimsical See Also \| Imaginative In Webster's Dictionary \Imag"inative\, a. [F. imaginatif.] 1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element. --Mure. 2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. --Coleridge. 3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Imag"inatively}, adv. -- {Imag"inative*ness}, n.

Imaginative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Imaginative?

[adj] (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Imaginative: creative | ingenious | inventive | originative

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Imaginative In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*ag"i*na*tive\, a. [F. imaginatif.]
1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination,
   generally in the highest sense of the word.

         In all the higher departments of imaginative art,
         nature still constitutes an important element.
                                               --Mure.

2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having
   a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.

         Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very
         fanciful mind.                        --Coleridge.

3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
   {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness}, n.

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