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innovative
adjective in·no·va·tive \ˈi-nə-ˌvā-tiv\
: introducing or using new ideas or methods
: having new ideas about how something can be done
Full Definition of INNOVATIVE
: characterized by, tending to, or introducing innovations
— in·no·va·tive·ly adverb
— in·no·va·tive·ness noun
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First Known Use of INNOVATIVE
1608
Related to INNOVATIVE
- Synonyms
- clever, imaginative, ingenious, innovational, creative, innovatory, inventive, original, originative, Promethean
- Antonyms
- uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unoriginal
Rhymes with INNOVATIVE
aggregative, agitative, applicative, carminative, circulative, cogitative, combinative, commutative, connotative, consecrative, consultative, contemplative, copulative, corporative, denotative, dissipative, duplicative, educative, facultative, federative, generative, germinative, gravitative, imitative, implicative, instigative, integrative, irritative, iterative, legislative, limitative, meditative, meliorative, motivative, nominative, nuncupative, operative, palliative, penetrative, procreative, propagative, qualitative, quantitative, recreative, regulative, replicative, separative, terminative, vegetative
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