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What is "inventive" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does inventive mean in English? Meaning of inventive definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "inventive" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "inventive": (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

Adjective

  • Meaning: (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
  • Example: an imaginative use of material the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman an ingenious device had an inventive turn of mind inventive ceramics
  • Synonyms: imaginative inventive
  • Similar: creative originative
  • Adjective: Of, or relating to invention.Creative, or skilful at inventing. 2013, Chris Bevan, "Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal", BBC Sport, 6 November 2013: At the other end, Dortmund were producing some typically inventive approach play but struggled to find a way through the visitors' defence, and were unable to find a finish when they did.2013, Chris Bevan, "Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal", BBC Sport, 6 November 2013: At the other end, Dortmund were producing some typically inventive approach play but struggled to find a way through the visitors' defence, and were unable to find a finish when they did.

    • Synonyms:

    ingenious, imaginative, gifted, innovative, original, resourceful, adroit, artistic, avant-garde, constructive, fertile, formative, fruitful, inspired, productive, teeming, innovatory, poetical, breaking new ground, causative, demiurgic, deviceful, forgetive, innovational, originative,

    Antonyms:

    uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unoriginal, inept, dull, old, stolen, unresourceful,

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    inventive in English: inventive
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