imaginative
adj/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/ · /-ənətɪv/
Etymology From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginātīvus. By surface analysis, imagine + -ative.
1
Having a lively or creative imagination.
- an imaginative boy
- No doubt kibitzers are highly imaginative. How else could they see wins and brilliant combinations that do not exist?1951 December, Helen Weissenstein, “Readers' Forum”, in Chess Review:
2
Tending to be fanciful or inventive.
- an imaginative story
3
False or imagined.
- Derived terms
- imaginative fiction, imaginatively, imaginativeness, nonimaginative, overimaginative, unimaginative