innovative
IN-uh-vay-tiv/ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/UKi-NO-vuh-tiv/ɪnˈnɒ.və.tɪv/
- 1Marked by the creation of new ideas, methods, or inventions.
Their innovative approach to recycling won a national design award.
The company built its reputation on innovative products that changed how people cook.
Similarinventive, creative, original, novel, groundbreaking
Oppositeconventional, traditional, unoriginal, derivative
- 2Forward-looking and ahead of present-day thinking.
The mayor's innovative vision looked decades beyond what other cities were planning.
An innovative strategist, she anticipated market shifts long before her rivals did.
Similarvisionary, forward-looking, progressive, pioneering, advanced
Oppositeconservative, traditional, backward-looking, old-fashioned
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Origin
Formed from the verb "innovate" combined with the suffix "-ive".