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ɪnˈvɛn tɪvin·ven·tive

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. inventiveadjective

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

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  1. Erik Pevernagie:

    By decluttering our mind we can liberate mental forces that can inflame inspiring sparks of creativity. A singular flash or a particular flair on an unusual day can arouse a flood of stimulating thoughts. When we take ourselves off guard and our mind-set by surprise we can stir an array of inventive ideas. ("A flair of inspiration" )

  2. Dave Allen:

    You've just made that economic inventive enormously greater.

  3. Tony Illman:

    After much digging, we were able to make out the date, the coordinates, the ship’s name and direction of the voyage (Cardiff in Wales to Makassar in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia), it was clearly very exciting but we needed a lot more information. We wanted to know if what we had found was historically significant or a very inventive hoax.

  4. Erik Pevernagie:

    If we don't want to be only expecting things to become real and if we don't want to be just waiting for the beautiful and the good to come, we can decide to be inventive and take things in our own hands by a voluntary action.

  5. Gail Halperin:

    He was always a very inventive and creative person; he always has a lot going on, always able to juggle a million things.


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