innovate
Create something new
To innovate is to introduce something new—a method, idea, or product that changes how things are done.
The word emphasizes originality and improvement over existing approaches: The company innovated by letting customers design their own shoes.
Innovation often implies disruption of established practices, though the term gets stretched to cover minor updates dressed as breakthroughs.
Make maximally effective
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- refineRemove impurities from
- enhanceIncrease in quality
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
iterate · evolve · modernize · revamp · overhaul · reimagine · rethink · reinvent
Obvious; inventor's monopoly
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- inventionNew device or method
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- developCause gradual growth
fabricate · devise · formulate · engineer · discover · eureka · R&D · laboratory
Introducing radical new ideas
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks
- game-changerSomething transforming everything
- transformationalCausing radical change
pioneering · cutting-edge · quantum leap · watershed · trailblazing · disruptive · leapfrog · next-gen
First public appearance
- unveilReveal something hidden
- rolloutStaged public introduction
- releaseTo let go
- introduceMake formally known
premiere · pilot · beta · soft launch · go-to-market · commercialize · deploy · scale
Forming mental concepts
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
inventiveness · inspiration · divergent thinking · design thinking · blue-sky · experimentation · iteration · prototyping
optimize
Make maximally effective
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- refineRemove impurities from
- enhanceIncrease in quality
upgrade · iterate · evolve · modernize · revamp · overhaul · reimagine · rethink · reinvent · pivot
patent
Obvious; inventor's monopoly
develop · fabricate · devise · formulate · engineer · discover · eureka · R&D · laboratory · tinkering
groundbreaking
Introducing radical new ideas
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks
- game-changerSomething transforming everything
transformational · pioneering · cutting-edge · quantum leap · watershed · trailblazing · disruptive · leapfrog · next-gen · state-of-the-art
debut
First public appearance
introduce · premiere · pilot · beta · soft launch · go-to-market · commercialize · deploy · scale · adoption
ideation
Forming mental concepts
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
ingenuity · inventiveness · inspiration · divergent thinking · design thinking · blue-sky · experimentation · iteration · prototyping · whiteboard
- tech buzzwordsAI, cloud, blockchain, synergy, disrupt
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
- innovationinvention, breakthrough, invent, create, inventors
- inventinvent, devise, create, conceive, come up with
- innovatemodernize, revolutionize, transform, overhaul, reinvent
- Business Strategiesexpand, diversify, outsource, merge, restructure
- technological innovationsNew practical scientific applications
- product innovationCreating new market offerings
- innovative treatmentsNovel medical interventions
- tech innovationNovel technological breakthrough
- military innovationsNovel warfare technologies and tactics
- digital innovationNew electronic methods emerging
innovation, innovative, innovator, innovations, innovators, innovated, innovating, innovates, innovatory