innovation
noun
1 innovation
A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation.
synonym: invention.
Roget 123: newness etc. adj.; novelty, recency; immaturity; youth etc. 127; gloss of novelty. innovation; renovation etc. (restoration) ... show more
Roget 140: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, ... show more
Roget 20a: variation; alteration etc. (change) 140. modification, moods and tenses; discrepance†, discrepancy. divergency etc. 291; deviation etc. ... show more
2 innovation
The creation of something in the mind.
synonyms: conception, design, excogitation, invention.
3 innovation
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.
synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination.
Dutch: inleiding, creatie, formatie, grondvesting, introductie, stichting, vorming
Polish: inicjacja
Moby thesaurus: advance guard, alteration, archetype, authenticity, avant-garde, breakthrough, coinage, creativeness, creativity, deviation, discovery, freshness, introduction, invention, inventiveness, latest fad, latest fashion, latest wrinkle, leap, model ... show more.
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