Innovation is ubiquitous today. Organizations use the term innovation in their statements, and politicians regularly mention the term innovation in their speeches. To determine what innovation is and is not, it is important to first define it. Reviewing the semantic journey without going through today's definitions of innovation will further reinforce the importance of the concept we think is current. Considering the historical journey of the concept, it would be correct to say that its meaning has moved from negative to positive. In this section, the semantic journey of innovation is handled from a historical perspective and a literature analysis is made about the meaning it has reached today. It has been seen that the meaning of the concept has developed a lot in both lexical and scientific terms.