Term Gallery logo

Meanings of imaginative in English

(Used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action.

Related terms
Synonyms
Examples for "ingenious"
Examples for "ingenious"
1
America's technologists need the peace-of-mind that their ingenious creations will actually work.
Wired
2
This week, however, container flats started to look a little less ingenious.
The Guardian
3
They have found ingenious solutions in terms of various supposed divine plans.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
4
She studied manners closely; drew ingenious inferences; suggested dramatic and startling conclusions.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
5
The plants themselves are in the hands of the ingenious Dr. Woodward.
A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
1
In a nutshell: gorgeous animation, inventive and playful interaction and quality content.
Wired
2
And I will certainly find some inventive way to demonstrate my gratitude.
Michael's discovery
3
Almost as inventive as the flash is Alan's choice of subject matter.
Wired
4
He managed to create astonishingly inventive effects by transforming straightforward Baroque dance-forms.
Radio NZ
5
He is very inventive and resourceful when it comes to stage effects.
The new yorker
Usage of imaginative in English
1
But now there are increasing number of options, particularly for imaginative projects.
Radio NZ
2
I would suggest, however, they should be more imaginative in their approach.
The Irish Times
3
They aim to re-invigorate imaginative or utopian social thinking in contemporary Ireland.
The Irish Times
4
There are two great schools of art; the imitative and the imaginative.
Hyperion
5
Nouvel is very good when working with art, artists and imaginative concepts.
The Guardian
6
It is, in short, a social role-playing adventure; a shared imaginative journey.
The Guardian
7
Traditional, however, does not imply tractable, as imaginative subjects are also represented.
The Irish Times
8
The product of a mind that is intelligent without being particularly imaginative.
The Neutronium Alchemist
9
It is fiction: a theatrical and imaginative response to the governing class.
The Guardian
10
The greater the imaginative altitude of love, the lower the boiling point.
Hints for Lovers
11
It is not, however, as imaginative inside as some of its opponents.
Independent.ie
12
Keeping real names shackles the imaginative writer perhaps more than they realise.
The Guardian
13
Ariosto employs the same imaginative embellishment to describe the charms of Cyprus:
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and / Top...
14
It is created but not creative; it is imagined but not imaginative.
Architecture and Democracy
15
Volume manufacture and design innovations influenced a new, more imaginative setting style.
Climbing Magazine
16
There was an added interest in life directly to the imaginative girl.
Crowded Out! and Other Sketches
About this term
More collocations
Imaginative through the time
Imaginative across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common