innovations
Fresh ideas implemented
Innovations are new methods, ideas, or products that change how things are done.
The word emphasizes novelty and improvement over existing approaches: The company's innovations in battery technology extended range by fifty percent.
Innovation as a mass noun refers to the process itself: The department rewards innovation.
In business contexts, innovation has become somewhat buzzword-ish, applied loosely to minor updates.
First to explore territory
- discoveryAct of finding something
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- game-changerSomething transforming everything
- paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks
revolutionary · watershed · landmark · quantum leap · trailblazing · disruptive · leapfrogging · sea change
Obvious; inventor's monopoly
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- inventorCreator of original devices
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- designPurposeful creative planning
creation · device · gadget · contraption · mechanism · apparatus · brainchild · original
Forward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- developmentProgress toward maturity
refinement · optimization · upgrade · enhancement · transformation · growth · forward-thinking · reform
Faculty for forming ideas
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- originalityNovel creative quality
- ideationForming mental concepts
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
visionary · inventiveness · resourcefulness · unconventional · experimentation · conceptualization · inspiration · problem-solving
Programs directing computer operations
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- biotechApplied biological engineering
- nanotechEngineering at molecular scale
- fintechTech-driven monetary services
robotics · AI · blockchain · cybersecurity · cloud computing · automation · IoT · virtual reality
pioneering
First to explore territory
- discoveryAct of finding something
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- game-changerSomething transforming everything
paradigm shift · revolutionary · watershed · landmark · quantum leap · trailblazing · disruptive · leapfrogging · sea change · radical change
patent
Obvious; inventor's monopoly
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- inventorCreator of original devices
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
design · creation · device · gadget · contraption · mechanism · apparatus · brainchild · original · novel
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
development · refinement · optimization · upgrade · enhancement · transformation · growth · forward-thinking · reform · renewal
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- originalityNovel creative quality
- ideationForming mental concepts
brainstorming · visionary · inventiveness · resourcefulness · unconventional · experimentation · conceptualization · inspiration · problem-solving · design thinking
software
Programs directing computer operations
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- biotechApplied biological engineering
- nanotechEngineering at molecular scale
fintech · robotics · AI · blockchain · cybersecurity · cloud computing · automation · IoT · virtual reality · augmented reality
- modernizationdigitalization, digitization, computerization, mechanization, industrialization
- science newspopular science, black holes, discovery, dinosaurs, research
- next big thingsstartups, emerging markets, rising stars, trending topics, game changers
- civilization topicsculture, trade, war, art, religion
- achievementsaccomplishment, achievement, accomplishments, achievements, triumph
- scholarshipacademic papers, publications, research papers, theories, dissertations
innovationstraditions
Long-established customs passed down
customs · conventions · standard practices · norms · precedents
innovationsimitations
Copies meant to resemble
copies · replications · derivatives · banalities · clichés
innovationsstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
obsolescence · regressions · setbacks · regression · declines
- technological innovationsNew practical scientific applications
- product innovationCreating new market offerings
- tech innovationNovel technological breakthrough
- military innovationsNovel warfare technologies and tactics
- digital innovationNew electronic methods emerging
- banking innovationNew methods in finance