Definition for Innovation:

• A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Synonyms for Innovation:

• n.

  •
  • breakthrough,
  • creativity.
  •change (noun)
  • transfiguration,
  • transubstantiation.
  •change, novelty (noun)
  • introduction,
  • last word,
  • alteration,
  • notion,
  • modernism,
  • variation,
  • latest thing,
  • permutation,
  • wrinkle,
  • contraption.
  •conversion (noun)
  • regeneration,
  • metanoia.
  •cutting edge (noun)
  • advance guard.
  •fad (noun)
  • New Look.
  •innovation (noun)
  • design,
  • excogitation,
  • creation,
  • founding,
  • foundation,
  • institution,
  • instauration,
  • initiation,
  • conception.
  •originality (noun)
  • creativeness,
  • imagination.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • modernization,
  • deviation,
  • new wrinkle,
  • newness,
  • addition,
  • shift,
  • reform,
  • modification.

• Other synonyms:

  •craze
  • fad.
  •Other relevant words:
  • establishment,
  • voluntary,
  • coinage,
  • diverge,
  • nonconformity,
  • metastasis,
  • reformation,
  • uniqueness,
  • archetype,
  • latest wrinkle,
  • modulation,
  • dernier cri,
  • deviate,
  • pattern,
  • insertion,
  • alternate,
  • diversion,
  • diversity,
  • figure,
  • grounding,
  • aim,
  • prologue,
  • knowledgeableness,
  • purpose,
  • Discrepance,
  • groundwork,
  • highlight,
  • plan,
  • novation,
  • unconventionality,
  • break,
  • basis,
  • concept,
  • divergency,
  • blueprint,
  • front matter,
  • improvement,
  • Newfangle,
  • inflexion,
  • neologism,
  • vary,
  • prototype,
  • cornerstone,
  • aberration,
  • renovation,
  • leap,
  • understructure,
  • daring,
  • authenticity,
  • premise,
  • transmutation,
  • sport,
  • installation,
  • designing,
  • verse,
  • cleverness,
  • origin,
  • innovate,
  • map,
  • the last word,
  • vanguard,
  • prelude,
  • latest fad,
  • construct,
  • original,
  • presupposition,
  • ingenuity,
  • trigger,
  • renewal,
  • something new,
  • preliminary,
  • transformation,
  • model,
  • independence,
  • avant-garde,
  • individuality,
  • qualification,
  • prefix,
  • specialty,
  • exchange,
  • frontispiece,
  • discrepancy,
  • evolution,
  • preface,
  • foreword,
  • contrivance,
  • unorthodoxy,
  • intent,
  • postulate,
  • the latest thing,
  • preamble,
  • innovations,
  • news,
  • Innovating,
  • intention,
  • induction,
  • world,
  • latest fashion,
  • turn,
  • freshness,
  • unveiling,
  • universe,
  • swerve,
  • restoration,
  • overture,
  • mood,
  • knowledgeability,
  • intro.

Paraphrases for Innovation:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    Innovating.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Innovating.
  • Verb, past tense
    innovations.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    inventions.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    inventions, corporations, principles, Governments, Undertakings, Countries, levels.
  • Noun, plural
    creations, partnerships, developments, Incentives, advances, Opportunities, entrepreneurs, novelties, skills, objectives, sectors, Communities, products, conclusions, priorities, aspects, results, needs, trails, networks, FIRSTS, Researchers, Goals, processes, managers, stakeholders, employees, Firms.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    invention, novelty, regeneration, modernization, modernisation, groundbreaking, rejuvenation, newness, imagination, originality.
  • Adverb
    innovatively.
  • Verb, past tense
    Provided.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    building.
  • Verb, past participle
    used, Provided, realized.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    innovative, innovation-related.
  • Proper noun, singular
    innovative, orders, creativity.
  • Noun, plural
    advancements, breakthroughs, projects, innovative.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    innovativeness, innovative, creativity.
  • Verb, past tense
    Innovated.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Innovating.

Antonyms for Innovation:

• n.

  • change, novelty
    old hat, custom, tradition, stagnation, old, rut, habit.
  • Other antonyms:
    firmness, permanence, imitation, unchangeableness, steadiness, fixedness, facsimile, constancy, continuance, identity, uniformity, fixity, invariability, persistence.

Hyponym for Innovation:

• n.

  • artifact
    creation.