Definition for Inventive:

• Inventively.

Synonyms for Inventive:

• adj.

  •active (adjective)
  • perky,
  • forcible,
  • hard-working,
  • lively,
  • quick,
  • on the move,
  • quickest,
  • fireball,
  • hyper.
  •aesthetic/esthetic (adjective)
  • esthetic,
  • more aesthetic.
  •beautiful (adjective)
  • aesthetic.
  •bright (adjective)
  • Clear-headed,
  • more acute,
  • having smarts,
  • eggheaded,
  • wideawake.
  •brilliant (adjective)
  • most knowledgeable,
  • pro founder,
  • whippest,
  • most genius,
  • pro-found,
  • pro-founder,
  • pro found,
  • more genius.
  •clever (adjective)
  • pro,
  • savviest,
  • nobodys fool,
  • many sided,
  • dexterous dextrous,
  • quick trigger,
  • nobody fool,
  • foxy,
  • more egghead,
  • more crackerjack,
  • dexterous-dextrous,
  • most capable,
  • nobody's fool,
  • more skilled,
  • dexterousdextrous,
  • manysided,
  • most crackerjack,
  • shrewdest,
  • witty,
  • wisest,
  • slick,
  • most egghead.
  •creative (adjective)
  • avant-garde,
  • leading-edge,
  • visionary,
  • imaginative,
  • formative,
  • Demiurgic,
  • prolific,
  • adroit,
  • innovative,
  • innovational,
  • fruitful,
  • inspired,
  • teeming,
  • Forgetive,
  • gifted,
  • Deviceful,
  • originative,
  • fertile,
  • conceptive,
  • constructive,
  • causative,
  • poetical.
  •imaginary (adjective)
  • fantastic,
  • imaginary,
  • suppositional,
  • speculative,
  • conceptual,
  • dreamy.
  •original (adjective)
  • causal,
  • generative,
  • untried,
  • most novel.
  •productive (adjective)
  • re warding,
  • re-warding.
  •resourceful (adjective)
  • re sourceful,
  • re-sourceful.
  •witty (adjective)
  • droll,
  • astute,
  • dry,
  • comical,
  • wily,
  • urbane,
  • cunning,
  • scintillating,
  • subtle,
  • crafty,
  • tricky,
  • joking,
  • sarcastic,
  • sparkling,
  • shrewd,
  • canny,
  • jocular,
  • sharp,
  • pointed,
  • waggish,
  • sly,
  • sophisticated,
  • smart,
  • deft,
  • scurrilous,
  • artful,
  • pithy,
  • funny,
  • quick-witted,
  • facetious.

• n.

  •
  • bright,
  • clear-sighted,
  • wise,
  • discerning,
  • able,
  • academic.
  •
  • coin,
  • design,
  • development,
  • breakthrough,
  • discovery,
  • creativity,
  • ability,
  • Frankenstein's Monster,
  • contrive,
  • devise.
  •
  • different,
  • fresh,
  • new.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fanciful,
  • innovatory.
  •
  • newfangled,
  • novel,
  • unprecedented.
  •
  • unfamiliar.

Paraphrases for Inventive:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    imaginative, creative.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    innovatory, original, clever, groundbreaking, ground-breaking, Pioneering.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    innovative, ingenious, resourceful.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    inventiveness.

Antonyms for Inventive:

• adj.

  • creative
    old, dull, unoriginal, inept, stolen, uninventive, uncreative, unimaginative, unresourceful.
  • Other antonyms:
    impractical, pedantic, infertile, imitative, stodgy, assembly line, unproductive, pedestrian, canned, derivative, uninspired, hackneyed, cookie-cutter, useless.

Inventive Sentence Examples:

• They were called into being to be possest of the inventive and analytical powers of Poe himself.

• Really, Madge, you ought to write instead of me; you are far more inventive.