inventive

Full of ideas

Inventive describes someone or something showing creativity and originality, especially in solving problems or creating new things.

An inventive person devises clever solutions; an inventive approach finds unexpected ways forward: She came up with an inventive use for leftover bread.

The word suggests resourcefulness and imagination rather than mere novelty.

resourceful

adaptability

Ability to adjust readily

practicality · efficiency · self-reliance · makeshift · scrappy · enterprising · quick-thinking · flexible · handy · industrious

ingenious

clever

Showing mental quickness

brainwave · savvy · resourceful · shrewd · cunning · astute · quick-witted · sharp · deft · problem-solving

creative

imagination

Faculty for forming ideas

inspiration · flair · ingenuity · novelty · experimentation · unconventionality · brainstorming · ideation · fantasy · expressiveness

innovative

breakthrough

Sudden important advance

revolutionary · disruptive · game-changing · groundbreaking · state-of-the-art · next-generation · futuristic · high-tech · progressive · unprecedented

visionary

futurist

Tomorrow trends scholar

idealist · thinker · strategist · conceptualist · architect · mastermind · forecaster · anticipator · speculator · prophet

Categories
Opposites
creativity and originality

inventiveunoriginal

Not new or novel

derivative · uninventive · imitative · uncreative · unimaginative

mental resourcefulness

inventiveunimaginative

Lacking creative originality

uncreative · uninspired · uninventive · pedestrian · dull

innovation

inventiveconventional

Following accepted practices

traditional · conservative · orthodox · routine · standard

Phrases
Family

invention, inventing, inventions, inventiveness, inventively

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G