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adj
Created by a designer, especially a fashion designer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A plotter or schemer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A software tool for designing things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: architect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creator
Narrower terms: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper, landscapist, Town, Ithiel Town, Aalto, Alvar Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, Adam, Robert Adam, Alberti, Leon Battista Alberti, Behrens, Peter Behrens, Berlage, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Bramante, Donato Bramante, Donato d'Agnolo Bramante, Breuer, Marcel Lajos Breuer, Brunelleschi, Filippo Brunelleschi, Bullfinch, Charles Bullfinch, Burnham, Daniel Hudson Burnham, Butterfield, William Butterfield, Carrere, John Merven Carrere, Chambers, William Chambers, Sir William Chambers, Delorme, Philibert Delorme, de l'Orme, Philibert de l'Orme, Fuller, Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller, Garnier, Jean Louis Charles Garnier, Gaudi, Antonio Gaudi, Gaudi i Cornet, Antonio Gaudi i Cornet, Gilbert, Cass Gilbert, Giotto, Giotto di Bondone, Gropius, Walter Gropius, Hastings, Thomas Hastings, Hoffmann, Josef Hoffmann, Horta, Victor Horta, Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt, Jenny, William Le Baron Jenny, Jones, Inigo Jones, Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn, Labrouste, Henri Labrouste, Latrobe, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Le Corbusier, Charles Edouard Jeanneret, L'Enfant, Charles L'Enfant, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, da Vinci, Lin, Maya Lin, Loos, Adolf Loos, Lutyens, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer Luytens, Mansart, Francois Mansart, McKim, Charles Follen McKim, Mendelsohn, Erich Mendelsohn, Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Mies Van Der Rohe, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Mills, Robert Mills, Nervi, Pier Luigi Nervi, Palladio, Andrea Palladio, Paxton, Joseph Paxton, Sir Joseph Paxton, Pei, I. M. Pei, Ieoh Ming Pei, Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Richardson, Henry Hobson Richardson, Saarinen, Eero Saarinen, Eliel Saarinen, Soufflot, Jacques Germain Soufflot, Speer, Albert Speer, Stone, Edward Durell Stone, Strickland, William Strickland, Sullivan, Louis Sullivan, Louis Henry Sullivan, Louis Henri Sullivan, Tange, Kenzo Tange, Thornton, William Thornton, Upjohn, Richard Upjohn, Vanbrugh, John Vanbrugh, Sir John Vanbrigh, van de Velde, Henri van de Velde, Henri Clemens van de Velde, Venturi, Robert Venturi, Robert Charles Venturi, Wagner, Otto Wagner, White, Stanford White, Wren, Sir Christopher Wren, Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wyatt, James Wyatt
noun
someone who designs clothing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: couturier, fashion designer, clothes designer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creator
Narrower terms: costumier, costumer, costume designer, Balenciaga, Cristobal Balenciaga, Dior, Christian Dior, Klein, Calvin Klein, Calvin Richard Klein, Schiaparelli, Elsa Schiaparelli, Versace, Gianni Versace, Worth, Charles Frederick Worth
noun
a person who devises plots or intrigues
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: intriguer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: planner, contriver, deviser
noun
someone who specializes in graphic design
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: graphic designer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, specializer, specialiser
noun
a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: interior designer, interior decorator, house decorator, room decorator, decorator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, specializer, specialiser
Narrower terms: Eames, Charles Eames
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *seknāō Latin signō Latin designōder. Old French designerder. Middle English designen English design Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English designer From design + -er.
Across languages
98 source translations are retained for this English entry.
