say it: IN-uh-vay-tiv
innovative is an adjective meaning "ahead of the times". It carries 2 recorded senses.
ahead of the times
“the advanced teaching methods”
“had advanced views on the subject”
“a forward-looking corporation”
“is British industry innovative enough?”
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for innovative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.