innovative
/ˈɪnəvətɪv
/adjective
1(Of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original: innovative designs innovative ways to help unemployed people...
- But he said the firm's success was as much due to its approach as its innovative product.
- I am used to selling new and innovative products to business customers and consumers.
- Their success is based on innovative products and the confidence to break the rules.
1.1(Of a person) introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking: writers who are now viewed as innovative...
- They were innovative at the time and a lot of people warned me that the idea would not work.
- A great shame, because he was very innovative, but yeah, we think he's lost it now.
- For example, they have a great love for all forms of new technology and they are innovative.
Synonyms
original, innovatory, innovational, new, novel, fresh, unconventional, unorthodox, off-centre, unusual, unfamiliar, unprecedented, avant-garde, experimental, inventive, ingenious;
advanced, modern, modernistic, ultra-modern, state-of-the-art, futuristic, pioneering, groundbreaking, trailblazing, revolutionary, radical, disruptive, newfangled
rare new-fashioned, neoteric
Derivatives
innovatively
- Language study can relate to the way New Zealanders use English innovatively.
- The Mexican government has begun innovatively using the Internet to give citizens more access.
- Some South Asian countries have responded innovatively to control the harm caused by tobacco.
innovativeness
- According to Lee besides economic variables a country's culture also has an important role in determining national innovativeness.
- Similar to previous diffusion studies, innovativeness plays a critical role in predicting consumer adoption of new media technologies.
- Another important demographic variable, innovativeness, was found to be significant statistically.
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