I. krē-ˈā-tiv, ˈkrē-ˌ 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
II. noun
Date: 1962
1. : one who is creative ; especially : one involved in the creation of advertisements
2. : creative activity or the material produced by it especially in advertising