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DESIGNER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

Synonyms:

architect; designer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("designer" is a kind of...):

creator (a person who grows or makes or invents things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "designer"):

landscape architect; landscape gardener; landscaper; landscapist (someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively)

Ithiel Town; Town (United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844))

Instance hyponyms:

Eliel Saarinen; Saarinen (Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950))

Eero Saarinen; Saarinen (United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961))

Henry Hobson Richardson; Richardson (United States architect (1838-1886))

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin; Pugin (English architect who played a prominent role in the 19th century revival of Gothic architecture (1812-1852))

I. M. Pei; Ieoh Ming Pei; Pei (United States architect (born in China in 1917))

Joseph Paxton; Paxton; Sir Joseph Paxton (English architect (1801-1865))

Andrea Palladio; Palladio (highly original and much imitated Italian architect (1508-1580))

Nervi; Pier Luigi Nervi (Italian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979))

Mills; Robert Mills (United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855))

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe; Mies Van Der Rohe (United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969))

Michelangelo; Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564))

Erich Mendelsohn; Mendelsohn (German architect who migrated to Palestine in 1937 (1887-1953))

Charles Follen McKim; McKim (United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909))

Francois Mansart; Mansart (French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666))

Lutyens; Sir Edwin Landseer Luytens; Sir Edwin Lutyens (English architect who planned the city of New Delhi (1869-1944))

Adolf Loos; Loos (Austrian architect (1870-1933))

Jacques Germain Soufflot; Soufflot (French architect (1713-1780))

Albert Speer; Speer (German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981))

Edward Durell Stone; Stone (United States architect (1902-1978))

Strickland; William Strickland (United States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854))

Louis Henri Sullivan; Louis Henry Sullivan; Louis Sullivan; Sullivan (United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase 'form follows function' (1856-1924))

Kenzo Tange; Tange (Japanese architect (born in 1913))

Thornton; William Thornton (American architect (1759-1828))

Richard Upjohn; Upjohn (United States architect (born in England) (1802-1878))

John Vanbrugh; Sir John Vanbrigh; Vanbrugh (English architect (1664-1726))

Henri Clemens van de Velde; Henri van de Velde; van de Velde (Belgian architect (1863-1957))

Robert Charles Venturi; Robert Venturi; Venturi (United States architect (born in 1925))

Otto Wagner; Wagner (Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918))

Stanford White; White (United States architect (1853-1906))

Sir Christopher Wren; Wren (English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723))

Frank Lloyd Wright; Wright (influential United States architect (1869-1959))

James Wyatt; Wyatt (English architect (1746-1813))

Garnier; Jean Louis Charles Garnier (French architect (1825-1898))

Buckminster Fuller; Fuller; R. Buckminster Fuller; Richard Buckminster Fuller (United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983))

de l'Orme; Delorme; Philibert de l'Orme; Philibert Delorme (French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570))

Chambers; Sir William Chambers; William Chambers (English architect (1723-1796))

Carrere; John Merven Carrere (United States architect who with his partner Thomas Hastings designed many important public buildings (1858-1911))

Butterfield; William Butterfield (English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900))

Burnham; Daniel Hudson Burnham (United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912))

Bullfinch; Charles Bullfinch (United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844))

Brunelleschi; Filippo Brunelleschi (Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446))

Breuer; Marcel Lajos Breuer (United States architect (born in Hungary) who was associated with the Bauhaus in the 1920's (1902-1981))

Bramante; Donato Bramante; Donato d'Agnolo Bramante (great Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514))

Bernini; Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in Italy; designed many churches and chapels and tombs and fountains (1598-1680))

Berlage; Hendrik Petrus Berlage (Dutch architect and town planner (1856-1934))

Behrens; Peter Behrens (German architect known for his simple utilitarian factory buildings (1868-1940))

Alberti; Leon Battista Alberti (Italian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472))

Adam; Robert Adam (Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792))

Aalto; Alvar Aalto; Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976))

Lin; Maya Lin (United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959))

da Vinci; Leonardo; Leonardo da Vinci (Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519))

Charles L'Enfant; L'Enfant; Pierre Charles L'Enfant (United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825))

Charles Edouard Jeanneret; Le Corbusier (French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965))

Benjamin Henry Latrobe; Latrobe (United States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect in the United States (1764-1820))

Henri Labrouste; Labrouste (French architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875))

Kahn; Louis Isadore Kahn (United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974))

Inigo Jones; Jones (one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652))

Antonio Gaudi; Antonio Gaudi i Cornet; Gaudi; Gaudi i Cornet (Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926))

Cass Gilbert; Gilbert (United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934))

Giotto; Giotto di Bondone (Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337))

Gropius; Walter Gropius (United States architect (born in Germany) and founder of the Bauhaus school (1883-1969))

Hastings; Thomas Hastings (United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929))

Hoffmann; Josef Hoffmann (Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956))

Horta; Victor Horta (Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947))

Hunt; Richard Morris Hunt (United States architect (1827-1895))

Jenny; William Le Baron Jenny (United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907))

Derivation:

design (make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form)

design (create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who designs clothing

Synonyms:

clothes designer; couturier; designer; fashion designer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("designer" is a kind of...):

creator (a person who grows or makes or invents things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "designer"):

costume designer; costumer; costumier (someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade))

Instance hyponyms:

Balenciaga; Cristobal Balenciaga (Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972))

Christian Dior; Dior (French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the New Look (1905-1957))

Calvin Klein; Calvin Richard Klein; Klein (United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942))

Elsa Schiaparelli; Schiaparelli (fashion designer born in Italy who was noted for her use of synthetic materials and brilliant colors (1896-1973))

Gianni Versace; Versace (Italian fashion designer (1946-1997))

Charles Frederick Worth; Worth (French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895))

Derivation:

design (create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner)

design (create designs)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who devises plots or intrigues

Example:

he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack

Synonyms:

designer; intriguer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("designer" is a kind of...):

contriver; deviser; planner (a person who makes plans)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Someone who specializes in graphic design

Synonyms:

designer; graphic designer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("designer" is a kind of...):

specialiser; specialist; specializer (an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A person who specializes in interior design

Synonyms:

designer; interior designer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("designer" is a kind of...):

specialiser; specialist; specializer (an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning)

Instance hyponyms:

Charles Eames; Eames (United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978))

Derivation:

design (create designs)

Credits

 Context examples: 

If you work as an artist, composer, chorographer, makeup artist, designer, or in any other artistic profession, you will find Neptune’s turn direct a big help for generating new ideas.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If the person you are committing to is an artist or designer for a business project, that may be fine, as Neptune, which will be conjunct the Sun, is the planet that protects creativity and promotes the arts.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This full moon of February 8-9 is in Leo, a sign that rules the arts and entertainment, including actors and musicians, artists, costume and set designers, poets, photographers, filmmakers, screenwriters—even lawyers who specialize in intellectual property for the entertainment industry.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This is a holdover from December, but you will have a chance in early January to pick up new designer wardrobe items on sale, and you will be motivated to investigate ways to refresh your looks to get ready for birthday time.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Most of the month, the Sun will be transiting your fourth house of home, so your family may help you with a down payment on a new house or condo, or you may be thinking of renovating your present home and talk to contractors and designers.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)