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designer
OXFORD DICTIONARY
designer, n.
1 a person who makes artistic designs or plans for construction, e.g. for clothing, machines, theatre sets; a draughtsman.
2 (attrib.) (of clothing etc.) bearing the name or label of a famous designer; prestigious.
1 a person who makes artistic designs or plans for construction, e.g. for clothing, machines, theatre sets; a draughtsman.
2 (attrib.) (of clothing etc.) bearing the name or label of a famous designer; prestigious.
Idiom
designer drug a synthetic analogue, not itself illegal, of an illegal drug.
THESAURUS
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, wrightROGET THESAURUS
designer
Artist
N artist, painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver, master, old master, draftsman, draughtsman, copyist, dauber, hack, enamel, enameler, enamelist, caricaturist, historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter, engraver, Apelles, sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary, Phidias, Praxiteles, Royal Academician, photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff, wildlife photographer, photo safari, with gun and camera.Plan
N plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep- laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation), forecast, program, programme, prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant, planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.For further exploring for "designer" in Webster Dictionary Online