Definition of imaginative in English:

imaginative

adjective

Having or showing creativity or inventiveness.
‘making imaginative use of computer software’
‘he was imaginative beyond all other architects’
- ‘Often his escape is imaginative, inspired by the music he hears on the radio.’
- ‘This major celebration of cinematic creativity old and new has a host of imaginative programmes.’
- ‘Her vision and her imaginative designs had created its appeal and there was no obvious successor.’
- ‘Dry statistics are seen as destroying both the imaginative faculty and the human delight in invention.’
- ‘The choreography is stilted and clumsy and could have been a great deal more imaginative.’
- ‘He likes to take risks simply to make the business of imaginative invention more interesting.’
- ‘Sadly, rising water levels now threaten this imaginative form of transport.’
- ‘Scott's really imaginative and creative and has a definite vision of what he wants his business to be.’
- ‘Has Oxford provoked one of the most imaginative outbursts in music today?’
- ‘For this shaping one must draw on imaginative insight into the motivation of the dramatis personae.’
- ‘That creative streak shows itself in some imaginative use of fashion and colour mixes.’
- ‘It doesn't look likely, and it doesn't take a great imaginative effort to see a double game being played.’
- ‘In too few places are the arts being integrated in imaginative and inventive ways.’
- ‘It did not work for a variety of reasons, but the appointment was imaginative and innovative.’
- ‘Families can pencil in their vision of the future of York in an imaginative event at York Art Gallery this week.’
- ‘Can we have more imaginative and creative solutions to this problem rather than moans and groans?’
- ‘One county councillor believes a more imaginative approach could be used.’
- ‘When it comes to getting imaginative in the kitchen, sushi is about as creative as they come.’
- ‘The proposal to create a new university is a bold and imaginative step.’
- ‘It was a glimpse into his imaginative world and some of the sources of his creativity.’
creative, visionary, inspired, insightful, inventive, resourceful, ingenious, enterprising
original, innovative, innovatory, individual, unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist, unusual, out of the ordinary, off-centre
fanciful, whimsical
blue-sky
View synonyms