inventive

[ in-ven-tiv ]

/ ɪnˈvɛn tɪv /

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adjective

apt at inventing, devising, or contriving.

apt at creating with the imagination.

having the function of inventing.

pertaining to, involving, or showing invention.

Origin of inventive

1400–50; invent + -ive; replacing late Middle English inventif < Middle French

OTHER WORDS FROM inventive

in·ven·tive·ly, adverb in·ven·tive·ness, noun pre·in·ven·tive, adjective un·in·ven·tive, adjective

un·in·ven·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby inventive

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Example sentences from the Web for inventive

It was all so efficient, and also much more fun and inventive than an app.

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The last federal position he held was Inmate--he served more than eight years for his inventive approach to acquiring money.

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Yet Pee Wee proved to be among the most inventive and seizingly original of all clarinetists.

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Edge, one of the most inventive guitarists in rock history, comes off as disinterested.

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I thought the movie was inventive and funny and interesting and dark sometimes.

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I guess Fay must have inherited his inventive genius from you.

Phaeton Rogers |Rossiter Johnson
He applied this geometrical and inventive genius to dioptrics, which, when treated of by him, became a new art.

Letters on England |Voltaire
But as time went on the works improved, and Whitney applied his inventive genius to many important improvements.

Historic Inventions |Rupert S. Holland
Of all liars and false accusers, a sick conscience is the most inventive and indefatigable.

Elsie Venner |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
He was a genial and delightful lecturer, and his inventive genius was continually finding something new.

Consolations in Travel |Humphrey Davy

British Dictionary definitions for inventive

inventive

/ (ɪnˈvɛntɪv) /

adjective

skilled or quick at contriving; ingenious; resourceful

characterized by inventive skill an inventive programme of work

of or relating to invention

Derived forms of inventive

inventively, adverb inventiveness, noun

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