Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Imaginative has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
"an imaginative use of material"
"the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"
"an ingenious device"
"had an inventive turn of mind"
"inventive ceramics"
Having a lively or creative imagination.
"The young artist's imaginative approach to painting turned ordinary rocks into fantastical dragons that seemed ready to take flight."