Imaginative definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

If you describe someone or their ideas as imaginative, you are praising them because they are easily able to think of or create new or exciting things. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'imaginative'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× imaginative (ɪmædʒɪnətɪv ) adjective Ifyoudescribesomeoneortheirideasasimaginative,youarepraisingthembecausetheyareeasilyabletothinkoforcreateneworexcitingthings. [approval]...animaginativewriter. ...hundredsofcookingideasandimaginativerecipes. Theyshouldadoptamoreimaginativeapproach. Synonyms:creative,original,inspired,enterprising MoreSynonymsofimaginative imaginatively adverb[ADVERBwithverb]Thehotelisdecoratedimaginativelyandattractively. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof imaginative Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'imaginative' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'imaginative' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'NewYearresolution' HindiTranslationof'imaginative' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency imaginativeinBritishEnglish (ɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv ) adjective1. producedbyorindicativeofavividorcreativeimagination animaginativestory 2. havingavividimagination CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsimaginatively(imˈaginatively)adverb imaginativeness(imˈaginativeness)noun WordFrequency imaginativeinAmericanEnglish (ɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv ;ɪˈmædʒɪˌneɪtɪv ) adjective1.  having,using,orshowingimagination;havinggreatcreativepowers 2.  giventoimagining 3.  oforresultingfromimagination imaginativeliterature Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsimaginatively(iˈmaginatively) adverb imaginativeness(iˈmaginativeness) noun WordoriginMEimaginatif