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IMAGINATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
Example:
inventive ceramics
Synonyms:
imaginative; inventive
Classified under:
Similar:
creative; originative (having the ability or power to create)
Derivation:
imaginativeness (the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses)
imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)
Context examples:
I beg pardon—Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children—I must apologize, I had inadvertently omitted a considerable section of this audience (tumult, during which the Professor stood with one hand raised and his enormous head nodding sympathetically, as if he were bestowing a pontifical blessing upon the crowd), I have been selected to move a vote of thanks to Mr. Waldron for the very picturesque and imaginative address to which we have just listened.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
That new moon will fall in the imaginative sign of Pisces, indicating that the project you are about to start will need a touch of poetry, lyricism, and grace.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know, how sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years' imaginative task; or how an Author feels as if he were dismissing some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Days that will strongly favor home-related actions will be December 13, for making imaginative decorating choices, and December 19, when it will be ideal to sign papers to create a long-term stable situation.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know how sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years' imaginative task; or how an Author feels as if he were dismissing some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Neptune will also be in lovely angle to the full moon, indicating that your ability to come up with imaginative ideas will be lauded, and if your project involves one of the creative arts, you may be hailed as a rock star.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
When I tread the old ground, I do not wonder that I seem to see and pity, going on before me, an innocent romantic boy, making his imaginative world out of such strange experiences and sordid things!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
There will be a mood of let’s roll up our sleeves and get the work done for now—you will not be in an environment where VIPs will want to listen to you describe imaginative, large-scale ideas—save those for later.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Because Jupiter expands all it touches, you will be in an arena that will allow you to express your full range of imaginative ideas—your creativity will be lauded and appreciated, and your projects will be green-lighted.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Neptune is currently in your communication sector, so if you have been working on a creative project that involves writing an imaginative novel or screenplay, composing music, or directing your talents to costume design, dance, painting, theatrical lighting, or any of the creative arts, you will find your ideas start to tumble forth like diamonds falling from the tip top of your head, straight onto the papers you are working on.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
