Definition of INVENTIVE

inventive

Adjective Satellite

  • (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; ; - Lewis Mumford
    • "had an inventive turn of mind"
    • "inventive ceramics"

Adj

  • Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
  • Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
  • Purposely fictive.

Examples

  • an inventive fellow
  • an inventive pursuit
  • an inventive story

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English inventif, inventyfe, inventiff, inventyf, borrowed from Old French inventif, borrowed from Medieval Latin inventivus. By surface analysis, invent + -ive.

Synonyms

imaginative

Scrabble Score: 15

inventive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
inventive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inventive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

inventive: valid Words With Friends Word