inventive

Meanings

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.

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 is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
inventive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 19

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