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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" [syn: advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern]
2: being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original" [syn: innovative, innovational, groundbreaking]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1608 characterized by, tending to, or introducing innovations • innovatively adverb • innovativeness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Innovative In"no*va*tive, a. Characterized by, or introducing, innovations. --Fitzed. Hall.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Something that is innovative is new and original. ...products which are more innovative than those of their competitors. ADJ 2. An innovative person introduces changes and new ideas. He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation. ADJ