innovative
- 1Full of new ideas, or good at making new things.
Like an inventor who is always making something brand new.
She found an innovative way to save water at home.
The school uses innovative tools to make math more fun.
Similarinventive, creative, original, novel, groundbreaking
Oppositeconventional, traditional, unoriginal, derivative
- 2Thinking ahead of what most people do right now.
Like someone who can see what is coming before others do.
His innovative ideas were years ahead of everyone else.
The team had an innovative plan for the city's future.
Similarvisionary, forward-looking, progressive, pioneering, advanced
Oppositeconservative, traditional, backward-looking, old-fashioned
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Origin
It comes from the word "innovate" plus the ending "-ive".