creative thinking

Definitions of creative thinking

1. noun

   the ability to create
   synonyms: creativeness, creativity

   types:

   fecundity, fruitfulness

   the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination

   flight

   passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

   genius, wizardry

   exceptional creative ability

   imagination, imaginativeness, vision

   the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

   conception, design, excogitation, innovation, invention

   the creation of something in the mind

   cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness

   the power of creative imagination

   fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place

   a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings

   fancy

   a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

   fantasy, phantasy

   imagination unrestricted by reality

   imagination, resource, resourcefulness

   the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

   concoction

   the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose

   contrivance

   the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

   dream, dreaming

   imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

   imaginary being, imaginary creature

   a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction

   type of:

   ability, power

   possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done