3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

designer

noun

1: a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings [syn: {interior designer}, {interior decorator}, {house decorator}, {room decorator}, {decorator}]

2: someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) [syn: {architect}]

3: a person who devises plots or intrigues; "he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack" [syn: {intriguer}]

4: someone who designs clothing [syn: {couturier}, {fashion designer}, {clothes designer}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Designer \De*sign"er\, noun

1. One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.

2. (Fine Arts) One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration.

3. A plotter; a schemer; -- used in a bad sense.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

74 Moby Thesaurus words for "designer": a, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, conniver, conspirator, constructor, contriver, costume designer, couturier, craftsman, creator, developer, deviser, discoverer, draughtsman, dress designer, effector, engenderer, engineer, enterpriser, entrepreneur, executor, executrix, father, founder, framer, furniture designer, generator, grower, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, intriguer, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, organizer, originator, past master, planner, plotter, precursor, prime mover, producer, projector, promoter, raiser, realizer, rug designer, schemer, shaper, sire, smith, strategian, strategist, styler, stylist, tactician, wright

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