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Synonyms for imaginative
ɪˈmædʒ ə nə tɪv, -ˌneɪ tɪvimag·i·na·tive
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
imaginative
That is fanciful which is dictated or suggested by fancy independently of more serious considerations; the fantastic is the fanciful with the added elements of whimsicalness and extravagance. The fanciful swings away from the real or the ordinary lightly and pleasantly, the fantastic extravagantly, the grotesque ridiculously. A fanciful arrangement of objects is commonly pleasing, a fantastic arrangement is striking, a grotesque arrangement is laughable. A fanciful theory or suggestion may be clearly recognized as such; a visionary scheme is erroneously supposed to have a basis in fact. Compare synonyms for DREAM; IDEA; IMAGINATION.
Synonyms:
chimerical, fanciful, fantastic, grotesque, visionaryAntonyms:
accurate, calculable, calculated, commonplace, literal, ordinary, prosaic, real, reasonable, regular, sensible, solid, sound, sure, true
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
imaginative
Synonyms:
creative, conceptive, ideal, poetical, romantic, inventive, originalAntonyms:
unimaginative, unpoetical, unromantic, prosaic, matter-of-fact, literal, uninventive
Princeton's WordNet
imaginative, inventiveadjective
(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
"an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"
Synonyms:
inventiveAntonyms:
uncreative
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "imaginative":
creative, inventive, fanciful, innovative, resourceful, imaginary, ingenious
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#691 | original | |
#1725 | creative | |
#2979 | ideal | |
#4033 | innovative | |
#4089 | fantastic | |
#5059 | romantic | |
#15937 | imaginary | |
#19460 | imaginative | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#26871 | inventive | |
#28297 | ingenious | |
#36903 | grotesque | |
#39238 | resourceful | |
#44241 | fanciful | |
#60012 | poetical | |
#210635 | chimerical |
How to use imaginative in a sentence?
He has a more acute ear than most producers. He takes it seriously and is more daring, imaginative and endlessly creative. He likes to take chances.
Eccentric individuals see challenges and solutions from unexpected angles, and their weird thinking allows them to come up with innovative and imaginative solutions, by choosing to march to your own beat, you can access your creativity, curiosity, happiness and make a difference in the world.
It was as if no one before had asked kids to describe their ideal pair of glasses, they were very imaginative, asking for polka dots, stripes, super hero designs.
My priority is to reform the European Union to make it more competitive and address the concerns of the British people about our membership. The status quo is not good enough, what matters is that the European Union and its 28 members are flexible and imaginative enough to respond to these issues.
Edgar Allen Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue:
The ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.
Translations for imaginative
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- واسع الخيالArabic
- imaginatiuCatalan, Valencian
- imaginativníCzech
- fantasifuldeDanish
- einfallsreichGerman
- ευφάνταστοςGreek
- imaginativoSpanish
- تخیلیPersian
- kekseliäs, keksitty, mielikuvituksellinenFinnish
- imaginaire, imaginatifFrench
- mac-meanmnachScottish Gaelic
- कल्पनाHindi
- imajinatifIndonesian
- fantasiosoItalian
- דִמיוֹנִיHebrew
- 想像力に富みましたJapanese
- 상상의Korean
- imaginativaLatin
- fantasierijkeDutch
- fantasiNorwegian
- obdarzony wyobraźniąPolish
- imaginativoPortuguese
- imaginativRomanian
- образныйRussian
- fantasifullSwedish
- கற்பனைTamil
- จินตนาการThai
- yaratıcıTurkish
- подібнийUkrainian
- کلپناشیلUrdu
- giàu tưởng tượngVietnamese
- ימאַדזשאַנאַטיווYiddish
- 想像的Chinese
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