characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination

an imaginative tale.

of, pertaining to, or concerned with imagination.

given to imagining, as persons.

having exceptional powers of imagination.

lacking truth; fanciful.

adjective

dull , uncreative , unimaginative , uninventive , unresourceful

adjective

artistic , avant-garde , blue-sky , brain wave , breaking ground , clever , dreamy , enterprising , extravagant , fanciful , fantastic , fertile , fictive , high-flown * , ingenious , inspired , offbeat , original , originative , pie-in-the-sky , poetic , poetical , productive , quixotic , romantic , utopian , visionary , vivid , way out , whimsicalnotes:imaginary means not based on fact while imaginative means marked by independence and creativity in thought or action , fancy , fantastical , whimsical , creative , innovative , inventive