Collocations for "creative"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "creative" in context.
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creative
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a creative [story, movie, environment, design, use, writer]
- has a creative [imagination, mind]
- is a (very) creative [person, thinker]
- a creative [way, method, process, solution] to
- creative [ideas, suggestions, projects]
- try to be (more) creative
- the creative process
- creative [writing, thinking, bookkeeping, arts]
- the creative [director, manager, executive] (of)
- [art, exhibits, music] by local creatives
- many creatives prefer to [go, do, try]
- is a creative
- wish I were a creative
- a [job, task, position] only for the creative
'creative' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advert
- atmosphere
- crafty
- endeavor
- energetic
- expression
- favor
- gift
- hook
- hub
- imaginative
- innovative
- literature
- mindset
- solution
- spark
- strategy