innovative

Adjective innovative has 2 senses

• innovative(s = adj.all) advanced, forward-looking, modern - ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
Derived form noun innovativeness₁

• innovative(s = adj.all) groundbreaking, innovational - 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"
Derived forms verb innovate₁, noun innovativeness₁