different between unshrinking vs creative

English

Etymology

un- +? shrinking

Adjective

unshrinking (comparative more unshrinking, superlative most unshrinking)

1. Not shrinking.

   He watched his enemy with a keen, unshrinking gaze.

Derived terms

• unshrinkingly

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?i?e?t?v/
• Rhymes: -e?t?v

Adjective

creative (comparative more creative, superlative most creative)

1. Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.

2. (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.

3. (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

4. Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.

   creative accounting

Synonyms

• inventive
• original

Antonyms

• imitative (tend to model an extant thing)
• annihilative (tend to make extinct)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

creative (countable and uncountable, plural creatives)

2. (countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.

3. (uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.

Translations

References

• creative at OneLook Dictionary Search
• creative in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "creative" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 82.
• creative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• reactive

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Adjective

creative

1. feminine plural of creativo

Anagrams

• createvi
• recatevi