designer
English meaning: Designer
Definition
A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
Example
“A talented young designer created the company's new logo.”
Another example: “She only wears designer clothes from top fashion houses.”
Usage — When, Where & How
A common noun for someone who plans the form or appearance of something, by profession or otherwise ('fashion designer', 'graphic designer', 'web designer'). Also used attributively to mean expensive and branded ('designer clothes'). Neutral register.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From the verb 'design' (Latin 'designare', 'to mark out') plus the agent suffix '-er', from the 17th century.
Synonyms
- architect
- decorator
- interior designer
- interior decorator
- fashion designer
- clothes designer
- house decorator
- room decorator
- couturier
Related Words
- couture
- illustrator
- programmer
- designing
- costume
- fashion
- costumes
- builder
- accessories
- graphic
Common Collocations
- fashion designer
- graphic designer
- web designer
- interior designer
- designer label
- game designer
Word Forms
design (v); designer (n); designers (pl); design (n)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
Images
CC-licensed · free to useVideo
Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
- 1.5B