imaginative

The word “imaginative” has 5 syllables: i-mag-i-na-tive

It's pronounced as /ɪˈmædʒɪˌneɪtɪv/


What is synonym and antonym for imaginative?

In the thesaurus, “imaginative” has 70 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for imaginative along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for imaginative

  • Promethean
  • adroit
  • adventurous
  • artful
  • artistic
  • avant-garde
  • blue-sky
  • brain wave
  • brainy
  • clever
  • cleverish
  • complex
  • convenient
  • creative
  • deft
  • dexterous
  • dextrous
  • dreamy
  • enterprising
  • expert
  • extravagant
  • fanciful
  • fantastic
  • fecund
  • fertile
  • fictive
  • fresh
  • fruitful
  • gadgety
  • generative
  • germinal
  • gifted
  • gimmicky
  • groundbreaking
  • handsome
  • handy
  • high-flown
  • ingenious
  • innovational
  • innovative
  • innovatory
  • inspired
  • intelligent
  • inventive
  • neat
  • nifty
  • novel
  • offbeat
  • original
  • originative
  • pie-in-the-sky
  • poetic
  • poetical
  • practical
  • productive
  • prolific
  • quixotic
  • resourceful
  • romantic
  • sharp
  • smart
  • sophisticated
  • talented
  • tricky
  • useful
  • utopian
  • visionary
  • vivid
  • way-out
  • whimsical

Antonyms for imaginative

  • assembly-line
  • canned
  • cookie-cutter
  • derivative
  • dull
  • hackneyed
  • imitative
  • impractical
  • infertile
  • ordinary
  • pedantic
  • pedestrian
  • real
  • realistic
  • reasonable
  • stodgy
  • talentless
  • uncreative
  • unimaginative
  • uninspired
  • uninventive
  • unoriginal
  • unproductive
  • unresourceful
  • unromantic
  • useless
  • usual

Meanings of imaginative

  • adjective
    1. Having a lively or creative imagination.
    2. Tending to be fanciful or inventive.
    3. False or imagined.

Example Sentences

  • The children's book was praised for its imaginative storytelling and colorful illustrations.
  • She impressed her classmates with her imaginative approach to problem-solving during group projects.
  • The architect's design for the new building was both practical and imaginative, blending modernity with creativity.
  • His imaginative artwork often depicted surreal scenes that challenged viewers' perceptions of reality.
  • The chef's menu was lauded for its imaginative fusion of flavors from different culinary traditions.

On this page you'll find 97 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to imaginative, such as: Promethean, adroit, adventurous, artful, artistic, assembly-line, avant-garde.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

gadgety

  • adroit
  • adventurous
  • artful
  • brainy
  • clever
  • cleverish
  • complex
  • convenient
  • creative
  • deft
  • dexterous
  • dextrous
  • expert
  • fresh
  • gimmicky
  • groundbreaking
  • handsome
  • handy
  • imaginative
  • ingenious
  • innovative
  • intelligent
  • inventive
  • neat
  • nifty
  • novel
  • original
  • practical
  • sharp
  • smart
  • sophisticated
  • tricky
  • useful
  • visionary

idealized

  • abstract
  • abstracted
  • academic
  • adulated
  • aggrandized
  • analytical
  • arcadian
  • as a premise
  • assumed
  • bardic
  • bucolic
  • canonized
  • charming
  • chimerical
  • codified
  • comfortable
  • conceptive
  • conjectural
  • contingent
  • dangerous
  • deified
  • dicey
  • dignified
  • dreaming
  • ennobled
  • enshrined
  • enthroned
  • euphemized
  • experimental
  • figurative
  • florid
  • flowery
  • formalistic
  • formularized
  • general
  • glamorized
  • glamourized
  • glorified
  • grandiloquent
  • hairy
  • halcyon
  • hazardous
  • heavenly
  • heroicized
  • heroized
  • hifalutin
  • high-flown
  • highfalutin
  • hypothetic
  • hypothetical
  • ideal
  • ideational
  • ideological
  • idolized
  • iffy
  • imaginative
  • impractical
  • in the abstract
  • in theory
  • instanced
  • intelle
  • intellectual
  • logical
  • lyric
  • lyrical
  • magnified
  • metaphoric
  • metaphorical
  • metaphysical
  • metric
  • metrical
  • notional
  • on paper
  • optimistic
  • ornate
  • out-of-this-world
  • pastoral
  • peaceful
  • pedantic
  • philosophical
  • picturesque
  • pleasing
  • poetic
  • poetical
  • poeticized
  • postulated
  • presumed
  • problematical
  • pure
  • purple
  • quixotic
  • radical
  • rhapsodic
  • rhapsodical
  • rhyming
  • rhythmic
  • rhythmical
  • riming
  • risky
  • romantic
  • romanticized
  • rustic
  • softened
  • speculative
  • starry-eyed
  • suppositional
  • sweetened
  • symbolic
  • symbolical
  • tentative
  • transcendent
  • transcendental
  • uncertain
  • unearthly
  • unproved
  • unproven
  • unrealistic
  • unspoiled
  • unsubstantiated
  • utopian
  • vague

ideational

  • abstract
  • academic
  • analytical
  • as a premise
  • assumed
  • codified
  • conceptual
  • conjectural
  • contingent
  • cosmic
  • cosmical
  • ethereal
  • formalistic
  • formularized
  • general
  • hypothetic
  • hypothetical
  • ideal
  • idealized
  • ideological
  • imaginative
  • immaterial
  • impalpable
  • imperceptible
  • impractical
  • in the abstract
  • in theory
  • incorporeal
  • insensible
  • instanced
  • insubstantial
  • intangible
  • intelle
  • intellectual
  • invisible
  • logical
  • mental
  • metaphysical
  • nonmaterial
  • nonphysical
  • notional
  • on paper
  • pedantic
  • philosophical
  • postulated
  • presumed
  • problematical
  • pure
  • quixotic
  • romantic
  • speculative
  • spiritual
  • suppositional
  • tentative
  • theoretic
  • theoretical
  • transcendent
  • transcendental
  • unearthly
  • unproved
  • unreal
  • unsubstantial
  • unsubstantiated
  • utopian
  • vague
  • visionary

ideological

  • abstract
  • academic
  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • airy
  • ambitious
  • analytical
  • arcadian
  • as a premise
  • assumed
  • brainy
  • cerebral
  • chimerical
  • clairvoyant
  • codified
  • conceptive
  • conceptual
  • conjectural
  • contingent
  • crusading
  • dangerous
  • deep
  • dicey
  • doctrinaire
  • doctrinal
  • dogmatic
  • dogmatical
  • dream
  • experimental
  • fanciful
  • fantasy
  • formalistic
  • formularized
  • general
  • grandiose
  • hairy
  • hardheaded
  • hazardous
  • headstrong
  • heavy
  • hopeful
  • hypothetic
  • hypothetical
  • ideal
  • idealist
  • idealistic
  • idealized
  • ideational
  • iffy
  • illusory
  • imaginative
  • immaterial
  • implacable
  • impossible
  • impractical
  • in the abstract
  • in theory
  • inflexible
  • inner
  • instanced
  • intelle
  • intellective
  • intellectual
  • lofty
  • logical
  • messianic
  • metaphysical
  • mulish
  • mysterious
  • nonrealistic
  • notional
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • on paper
  • opinionated
  • opinionative
  • opinioned
  • otherworldly
  • pedantic
  • perfect
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • philosophical
  • phrenic
  • pie-in-the-sky
  • pigheaded
  • pontifical
  • postulated
  • presumed
  • pretentious
  • problematical
  • psychiatric
  • psychic
  • psychical
  • psychological
  • pure
  • quixotic
  • quixotical
  • rational
  • reasoning
  • rigid
  • risky
  • romantic
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • speculative
  • spiritual
  • starry
  • starry-eyed
  • stubborn
  • subconscious
  • subjective
  • subliminal
  • suppositional
  • telepathic
  • tentative
  • theoretic
  • theoretical
  • thinking
  • thoughtful
  • transcendent
  • transcendental
  • unbending
  • uncertain
  • unearthly
  • unfeasible
  • unproved
  • unproven
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • unsubstantiated
  • unyielding
  • utopian
  • vague
  • visionary
  • zealous

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