creativeness

noun

Definition of creativenessnext
as in creativity
the skill and imagination to create new things a child with the creativeness to build his own figure of a superhero out of the parts of several toys

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Recent Examples of creativeness But without freedom, Berdyaev writes, creativeness is impossible. — Andrew McDiarmid, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creativeness
  1. creativity
  2. imagination
  3. imaginativeness
  4. talent
  5. ingenuity
Noun
  • What is this false engine that’s also making a lot of creativity happen?
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Every single day, each person chooses how much of their energy, creativity, and discretionary effort to bring to work.
    — Deborah Lovich, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of creativity
Noun
  • In his imagination these eruptive landscapes overlaid each other like palimpsests.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In the end, imagination was the through line to everything Fayet touched.
    — Julie Coe, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of imagination
Noun
  • There's also a palpable new seam of imaginativeness among residents.
    — Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of imaginativeness
Noun
  • Koenig died Monday at his home in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, talent agent Zachery McGinnis said in a statement.
    — JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Maybe talents like Misiorowski and Caminero and Chourio only come around once every couple decades.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of talent
Noun
  • Many other countries and even continents would kill to have this level of ingenuity on their shores.
    — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The film gives Reynolds room to put that ingenuity to work, treating it as a matter of course.
    — Kristen Lopez, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of ingenuity

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“Creativeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creativeness. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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