innovative as in ahead of the times

• "the advanced teaching methods"
• "had advanced views on the subject"
• "a forward-looking corporation"
• "is British industry innovative enough?"

Synonyms

• advancedfarther along in physical or mental development; comparatively late in a course of development; ahead of the times; at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; ahead in development; far along in time; (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; situated ahead or going before
• forward-lookingahead of the times
• moderna contemporary person ; a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes ; belonging to the modern era; relating to a recently developed fashion or style; characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture ; ahead of the times; used of a living language

innovative as in 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"

Synonyms

• innovationalbeing or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before
• groundbreakingbeing or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project