INNOVATIONAL Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

innovational

adjective

Definition of innovational

as in innovative

having the skill and imagination to create new things in the high-tech sector, a company is either innovational—or it's history

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During a half-hour speech, von Furstenberg reflected on major career milestones, like her first meeting with Diana Vreeland in 1970 and later being featured on the March 1976 cover of Newsweek in her innovative wrap dress.

— Ariel Bielsky, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
The radio series takes in interviews with academic hormone specialists, including the team at Imperial College in London who are conducting some of the most exciting and innovative research in this area.

— Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of innovative

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The restaurant is flanked by a bar serving inventive cocktails inspired by the Far Eastern heritage in the use of aromatic herbs.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026
Cornbread, barbecue chicken, grits and seasonal market vegetables now showcase Brock’s inventive, soulful cooking — and have brought diners back to the restaurant.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of inventive

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The factor that seems to unite everyone is a sense of repetition—no matter the style, writers will play the same songs over and over again to reach a kind of creative trance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Those of us in the creative world have to embrace all the ups and downs, and the rights and the wrongs.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of creative

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From the in-room Alice in Wonderland–themed teacups to the residence’s private library, each whimsical element offers guests a sense of imaginative comfort blended with timeless sophistication.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Kotelnicki also called an imaginative double-pass in which Marshall threw to backup quarterback Cole Ballard; Ballard lofted it back toward Marshall, who embarked on a deep sideline route.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of imaginative

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