Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Inventive 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"
Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
"The engineer's inventive approach led to a groundbreaking new engine design that reduced fuel consumption by thirty percent."