I. (ˈ)krē|ād.]iv, -āt], ]ēv also ]əv sometimes ˈkrēəd.] or -ēət] adjective
1. : having the power or quality of creating : given to creation
2. : productive — used with of
events creative of alarm
3. : having the quality of something created rather than imitated or assembled : expressive of the maker : imaginative
creative art
creative writing
• cre·ative·ly adverb
II. adjective
: managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits
creative financing
also : deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud
creative accounting
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: creative , adjective
1. : one that is creative ; especially : one involved in the creation of advertisements
2. : creative activity or the material produced by it especially in advertising