'Imaginative' definitions:

Definition of 'imaginative'

(from WordNet)
adjective
(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics" [syn: imaginative, inventive]

Definition of 'Imaginative'

From: GCIDE
  • Imaginative \Im*ag"i*na*tive\, a. [F. imaginatif.]
  • 1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. [1913 Webster]
  • In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element. --Mure. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. [1913 Webster]
  • Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]