Synonyms for inventive
ɪnˈvɛn tɪvin·ven·tive

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1. imaginative, inventiveadjective

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

   "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"

   Synonyms:
   imaginative

   Antonyms:
   uncreative

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1. inventiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   ingenious, creative, quick at contrivance, fertile in expedients

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1. List of paraphrases for "inventive":

   imaginative, invention, creative, ingenious, resourceful, innovative, inventiveness

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1. Steven Vincent:

   Daveed, William and Jonathan created a Hanukkah song for the ages that's inventive, humorous and relevant as it celebrates the Miracle of Lights, the diverse world we live in, and the universal joy when a family adopts a pet into a child's life.

2. Wyndham Lewis:

   When we say science we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we can mean such an extremely different thing as the religion of science, the vulgarized derivative from this pure activity manipulated by a sort of priestcraft into a great religious and political weapon.

3. Television Debra Birnbaum:

   Corden has made the ‘Late Late Show’ his own, he’s completely reinvented the format with inventive games, his singing and dancing, and of course his Carpool Karaoke series -- and then there’s that infectious laugh. It's impossible to resist.

4. Kenneth Davids:

   The instant coffee people have been phenomenally inventive in trying to extract the aromatics in brewing and trying to put it back in the coffee.

5. Jean Piaget:

   The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done - men who are creative, inventive and discoverers.