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innovation - 18 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | innovation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, novelty |
| Synonyms: | addition, alteration, contraption, cutting edge*, departure, deviation, introduction, last word*, latest thing*, leading edge*, modification, mutation, newness, notion, permutation, shift, variation, vicissitude, wrinkle*, modernism, modernization |
| Antonyms: | custom, habit, old, old hat, rut, tradition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, adaptation |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alteration, change of heart, changeover, exchange, flip-flop*, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, qualification, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, reorganization, resolution, reversal, switch, transformation, translation, transmutation, born again, metanoia, metasis, proselytization, regeneration, remodelling, resolving, see the light, transfiguration, transmogrification, turning, turning around |
| Antonyms: | idleness, sameness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cutting edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leading position |
| Synonyms: | advancement, avant-garde, fore, forefront, front, innovation, invention, leading edge, new wave, pioneer, point, spearhead, van, vanguard, advance guard, front line, newest technology |
| Main Entry: | fad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craze |
| Synonyms: | affectation, amusement, caprice, chic, conceit, cry, custom, dernier cri, eccentricity, fancy, fantasy, fashion, frivolity, furor, hobby, humor, innovation, kick, kink, mania, mode, passion, quirk, rage, sport, style, thing, trend, vagary, vogue, whim, whimsy, wrinkle, fool notion, in, in thing, latest word, new look, newest wrinkle, passing fancy |
| Antonyms: | standard, tradition |
| Main Entry: | mutation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metamorphosis |
| Synonyms: | alteration, anomaly, change, deviant, deviation, evolution, innovation, modification, mutant, novelty, permutation, transformation, variation, vicissitude, transfiguration |
| Antonyms: | inaction, stagnation |
| Main Entry: | originality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creativeness |
| Synonyms: | boldness, cleverness, creativity, daring, freshness, imagination, individuality, ingenuity, innovation, invention, newness, nonconformity, novelty, spirit, brilliance, creative spirit, imaginativeness, ingeniousness, innovativeness, inventiveness, modernity, new idea, resourcefulness, unconventionality, unorthodoxy |
| Antonyms: | orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | origination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | origin |
| Synonyms: | beginning, birth, commencement, conception, creation, dawn, discovery, genesis, innovation, introduction, launch, source, start, dawning, starting point |
| Main Entry: | variation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference; alternative |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, adaptation, alteration, bend, break, change, contrast, curve, departure, deviation, digression, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, divergence, diversity, exception, fluctuation, inequality, innovation, modification, mutation, novelty, shift, swerve, turn, variety, contradistinction, deflection, departure from the norm, displacement, dissimilitude, diversification, unconformity |
| Antonyms: | agreement, root, similarity, source |
| Main Entry: | vicissitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alteration, alternation, diversity, flip-flop*, fluctuation, innovation, mutation, novelty, permutation, progression, reversal, revolution, shift, sport, switch, uncertainty, ups and downs*, variation, variety, mid-course correction, mutability, switchover, transposition, turnaround |
| Antonyms: | stability, stagnation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | newness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | originality |
| Synonyms: | innovation, novelty, modernity, recentness, uniqueness |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something made different; alteration |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, addition, adjustment, advance, break, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, distortion, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, transformation, transition, transmutation, turn, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude, diversification, tempering, turnover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, creativeness |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, black box*, coinage, concoction, contraption, contrivance, creativity, design, development, device, discovery, doodad*, gadget, genius, gimmick, gizmo*, imagination, ingenuity, innovation, inspiration, novelty, opus, original, originality, brainchild, inventiveness, resourcefulness |
| Antonyms: | steal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | novelty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | newness, originality |
| Synonyms: | change, crazy*, creation, dernier cri*, freshness, innovation, last word*, mutation, oddball, oddity, original, origination, permutation, sport*, strangeness, surprise, vicissitude, weird*, modernity, newfangled contraption, recentness, unfamiliarity, uniqueness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drastic action or change, often in politics |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, coup, coup d'état, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, innovation, insubordination, insurgency, metamorphosis, mutiny, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, radical change, rebellion, reformation, reversal, revolt, rising, row, shake-up, shift, strife, strike, subversion, transformation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnover, underground activity, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar, upset, violence |
| Notes: | rebellion is open resistance to a government or authority; revolution is a rebellion that succeeds in overthrowing the government and establishing a new one |
| Antonyms: | stagnation, submission |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation from normal, expected |
| Synonyms: | aberration, change, difference, digression, divergence, diversion, innovation, last word*, latest thing*, novelty, rambling, shift, straying, variance, variation, veering, wandering, branching off, branching out, declination, deflection, in thing, new wrinkle, turning |
| Antonyms: | continuation, keeping, stay, abidance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treasure; invention |
| Synonyms: | bonanza*, breakthrough, conclusion, contrivance, coup, data, design, device, find, finding, formula, godsend*, innovation, law, luck, machine, method, principle, process, result, secret, theorem, way, algorithm, luck out |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highlight, special attraction |
| Synonyms: | draw, innovation, peculiarity, specialty, big show, crowd puller, drawing card, headliner, main item, prominent part, speciality |
| Main Entry: | irregularity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that is irregular |
| Synonyms: | abnormality, allowance, anomaly, characteristic, deviation, dispensation, eccentricity, exception, excess, exemption, innovation, laxity, malformation, malfunction, nonconformity, oddity, peculiarity, privilege, quirk, rarity, strangeness, looseness, singularity, unconformity, uniqueness, unorthodoxy |
| Antonyms: | custom, regularity, rule |
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