adj.
Pronunciation: kr ē - ' ā -tiv, ' kr ē - ˌ
Function: adjective
Date: 1678
1 : marked by the ability or power to create : given to creating <the creative impulse>
2 : having the quality of something created rather than imitated : IMAGINATIVE <the creative arts>
3 : managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits < creative financing> also : deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud < creative accounting>
– cre · a · tive · ly adverb
– cre · a · tive · ness noun