inventive | Definition of inventive

Synonyms and Antonyms of inventive

1 showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing

inventive electronic games

inventive ways to use leftovers

Synonyms of inventive

artful, clever, creative, imaginative, ingenious, innovative

Words Related to inventive

adventurous, fresh, groundbreaking, novel, original, visionary

cleverish, gadgety, gimmicky

convenient, handy, neat, nifty, practical, useful

complex, sophisticated

adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), expert, handsome, tricky

brainy, intelligent, sharp, smart

Near Antonyms of inventive

dull, pedantic, pedestrian, stodgy

assembly-line, canned, cookie-cutter, derivative, hackneyed, unoriginal

impractical, useless

Antonyms of inventive

uncreative, unimaginative

2 having the skill and imagination to create new things

an inventive youth, he devised an automatic feeding system for his dog

Synonyms of inventive

clever, creative, imaginative, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, original, originative, Promethean

Words Related to inventive

gifted, inspired, talented

fecund, fertile, fruitful, generative, germinal, productive, prolific

Near Antonyms of inventive

imitative, uninspired

infertile, unproductive

Antonyms of inventive

uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unoriginal