- apt at inventing or thinking up new machines or devices, methods, solutions, etc., or at improvising from what is at hand; innovative or ingenious: Luckily the bike mechanic is a most inventive person—you’ll be surprised at what he can do with a piece of wire and some scrap metal.
- apt at creating with the imagination:The delightful and tirelessly inventive storyteller is back with an animated stop-motion adventure.
- being the product of imagination, resourcefulness, etc.; creative and original: It’s an enthralling, inventive, and wholly unique exhibit from an artist without peer.
- relating to or used for inventing: These recordings captured the musician at the height of her inventive power.
- skilled or quick at contriving; ingenious; resourceful
- characterized by inventive skill
- of or relating to invention
