Meaning

5 senses
  1. Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.

    a creative dramatist who avoids cliche

    kreativ, schöpferisch

    созида́тельныйsozidátelʹnyj, тво́рческийtvórčeskij

    тво́рчийtvórčyj

    having the ability or power to create

  2. Original, expressive and imaginative.

    a creative new solution to an old problem

    kreativ, originell

    тво́рчийtvórčyj

  3. A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

    a creative set

  4. (ironic)Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.

    creative accounting and bookkeeping

  5. (euphemistic)Bad, unartistic, busy.

Examples

369 sentences
  1. Tom is more creative than Mary.

    Том креативніший за Мері.

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  2. Tom is more creative than Mary is.

    Том креативніший, ніж Мері.

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  3. Tom is more creative than I am.

    Том креативніший від мене.

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  4. Tom doesn't think he's as creative as Mary.

    Том не думає, що він такий саме талановитий, як Мері.

    deTom glaubt, er sei nicht so kreativ wie Maria.

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  5. Tom is a lot more creative than Mary.

    Том набагато креативніший від Мері.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having the ability to create:
Русский
By meaning 1
having the ability to create:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
having the ability to create:
original, expressive, and imaginative:

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displace

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.

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Forms

more creative, most creative
Comparativemore creative Lesson
Superlativemost creative Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

32 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • more creative than
  • as creative as
  • lot more creative
  • a very creative
  • very creative person
  • creative person
  • more creative
  • very creative guy
  • be as creative
  • is a creative
  • creative guy
  • a creative person

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
creative — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto