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imaginative

[ih-maj-uh-nuh-tiv, -ney-tiv] / ɪˈmædʒ ə nə tɪv, -ˌneɪ tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
creative, inventive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
artistic extravagant fanciful fantastic ingenious offbeat original romantic visionary vivid whimsical
WEAK
avant-garde blue-sky brain wave clever dreamy enterprising fertile fictive groundbreaking high-flown inspired originative pie-in-the-sky poetic poetical productive quixotic utopian way-out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ordinary real realistic reasonable unromantic usual
WEAK
dull uncreative unimaginative uninventive unresourceful

Example Sentences

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Their low cost of entry and imaginative wagering options attract many who might not consider more conventional investing platforms.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

That’s not a very imaginative assessment of what’s happening.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

"When they're very young they're so curious and they're imaginative and they want to try things."

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Cooling their heels in a Venetian jail in 1755, Giacomo Casanova and the prisoner in the cell above him contrived one of the more imaginative escapes in the annals of criminology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

In spite of his youth, he proved to be an imaginative and effective businessman.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand