Synonyms for innovation
ˌɪn əˈveɪ ʃən

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. invention, innovation(noun)

   a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

   Synonyms:
   origination, excogitation, founding, foundation, instauration, creation, institution, design, initiation, introduction, invention, conception

2. invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design(noun)

   the creation of something in the mind

   Synonyms:
   intention, foundation, initiation, instauration, design, introduction, construct, designing, figure, creation, plan, excogitation, conception, aim, intent, blueprint, institution, founding, pattern, invention, origination, concept, purpose

3. initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration(noun)

   the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

   "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

   Synonyms:
   cosmos, foundation garment, founding, entry, groundwork, unveiling, instauration, invention, base, substructure, excogitation, introduction, presentation, creative activity, fundament, intro, world, asylum, knowledgeableness, understructure, foundation, conception, universe, trigger, installation, knowledgeability, foot, existence, first appearance, grounding, design, institution, launching, mental home, origination, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, macrocosm, cornerstone, origin, debut, induction, basis, inception, insertion, establishment, mental hospital, initiation, intromission, creation, insane asylum

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. innovation(n)

   A change is a passing from one state or form to another, any act or process by which a thing becomes unlike what it was before, or the unlikeness so produced; we say a change was taking place, or the change that had taken place was manifest. Mutation is a more formal word for change, often suggesting repeated or continual change; as, the mutations of fortune. Novelty is a change to what is new, or the newness of that to which a change is made; as, he was perpetually desirous of novelty. Revolution is specifically and most commonly a change of government. Variation is a partial change in form, qualities, etc., but especially in position or action; as, the variation of the magnetic needle or of the pulse. Variety is a succession of changes or an intermixture of different things, and is always thought of as agreeable. Vicissitude is sharp, sudden, or violent change, always thought of as surprising and often as disturbing or distressing; as, the vicissitudes of politics. Transition is change by passing from one place or state to another, especially in a natural, regular, or orderly way; as, the transition from spring to summer, or from youth to manhood. An innovation is a change that breaks in upon an established order or custom; as, an innovation in religion or politics. For the distinctions between the other words compare the synonyms for CHANGE, v. In the religious sense regeneration is the vital renewing of the soul by the power of the divine Spirit; conversion is the conscious and manifest change from evil to good, or from a lower to a higher spiritual state; as, in Luke xxii, 32, "when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." In popular use conversion is the most common word to express the idea of regeneration.

   Synonyms:
   alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, mutation, novelty, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitude

   Antonyms:
   constancy, continuance, firmness, fixedness, fixity, identity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformity

   Preposition:
   We have made a change for the better; the change from winter to spring; the change of a liquid to or into a gas; a change in quality; a change by absorption or oxidation.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. innovation

   Synonyms:
   alteration, reversal, novelty, newfangledness

   Antonyms:
   conservation, maintenance, archaism, old-fashion, obsoleteness

Dictionary of English Synonymes(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. innovation(n.)

   Synonyms:
   change, introduction of novelty

PPDB, the paraphrase database(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   innovations, innovative, innovate, 'innovation, innovating, innovación, browse, innovativeness, novelty, creativity

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How to use innovation in a sentence?

1. Kim Gae-youn:

   There's still room for growth in the market, this segment wants innovation, which has turned it into an area that requires huge capital equipment investments.

2. Damitha Pathmalal:

   As long as the government remains in the business of picking winners and losers, the engine of creative destruction that is necessary for true innovation in this or any other sector is unlikely to take root in Sri Lanka,” Pathmalal cautioned. “History doesn’t repeat itself but it rhymes. The local economic policy-making bodies bear a striking resemblance to Venice’s Great Council, which was comprised of the business leaders of the time and informed government policy. It ostensibly fostered economic growth but by its design was a protectionist old boys club. In 1330 Venice was the size of Paris and three times larger London. It is now a city that is literally under water and a museum for tourists.”

3. England Governor Mark Carney:

   The important thing for us as members of the FSB is to be moving in parallel with these developments and not be stifling innovation, but being able to apply them in a way that improves the resilience of the system.

4. Wayne Lam:

   I personally think that unless there’s a new innovation… the display on the special edition iPhone will remain flat.

5. Bob Lord:

   What remains constant in the midst all the innovation and change is that marketers will always find a way to be where their consumers are.

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