Antonyms of adj creative

2 senses of creative

Sense 1
creative (vs. uncreative), originative -- (having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination")

uncreative (vs. creative) -- (not creative; "an uncreative imagination")
        => sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive -- (deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing")

Sense 2
creative -- (promoting construction or creation; "creative work")

INDIRECT (VIA constructive) -> destructive -- (causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism")

Similarity of adj creative

2 senses of creative

Sense 1
creative (vs. uncreative), originative -- (having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination")
       => fanciful, notional -- (indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood")
       => fictive -- (capable of imaginative creation; "fictive talent")
       => imaginative, inventive -- ((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"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics")
       => yeasty -- (exuberantly creative)
          Also See-> original#3; productive#1

Sense 2
creative -- (promoting construction or creation; "creative work")
       => constructive (vs. destructive) -- (constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission")

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