ORIGINATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does originative mean? 

• ORIGINATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective ORIGINATIVE has 2 senses:

1. having the ability or power to create

2. containing seeds of later development

  Familiarity information: ORIGINATIVE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORIGINATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the ability or power to create

Synonyms:

creative; originative

Context example:

a creative imagination

Similar:

fanciful; notional (indulging in or influenced by fancy)

fictive (capable of imaginative creation)

imaginative; inventive ((used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action)

yeasty (exuberantly creative)

Also:

original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)

productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))

Attribute:

creative thinking; creativeness; creativity (the ability to create)

Derivation:

originate (bring into being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Containing seeds of later development

Synonyms:

germinal; originative; seminal

Context example:

seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another

Similar:

original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)

Derivation:

originate (come into existence; take on form or shape)