designer
/di'zainə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person who conceives and creates plans, drawings, or patterns for something: A designer is someone who plans the form, structure, or look of objects, systems, or experiences before they are made or built.
- A person who creates fashionable clothing or accessories: Specifically, a designer in the fashion industry who creates original garments and styles.
- A person who schemes or plots: A designer can be someone who devises clever, often secret or underhanded, plans.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- She is a talented graphic designer who creates logos for companies.
- The architect worked closely with the interior designer on the new house.
- The police identified the mastermind as the chief designer of the fraud scheme.
Advanced Usage
- "to be a designer of": to be the creator or originator of a particular concept, plan, or style.
- He is widely recognized as a designer of modern furniture.
- "designer label": a brand name associated with expensive, fashionable clothing created by a famous designer.
- She only buys designer labels. (Note: Here, 'designer' functions as an adjective modifying 'labels'. This is listed as it is a common fixed phrase where the noun is used attributively.)
Variants and Related Words
- Design (verb/noun): The act or process of planning and creating something, or the plan/drawing itself.
- They will design a new website.
- Designerly (adj., informal): Having the qualities or characteristics of a designer.
- Co-designer (noun): A person who designs something jointly with another.
- They were the co-designers of the award-winning product.
Synonyms
- Creator: One who brings something into existence.
- Architect: A person who designs buildings and in a broader sense, the planner of a complex structure or idea.
- Stylist: One who designs or advises on styles, especially in fashion.
- Planner: One who makes detailed arrangements or schemes.
Related Phrases
- Fashion designer: A person who designs clothing.
- Coco Chanel was a famous French fashion designer.
- Graphic designer: A person who designs visual content for communication.
- Interior designer: A person who plans the layout and decor of interior spaces.
- Industrial designer: A person who designs products for mass manufacture.
Idioms and Fixed Expressions
- Designer stubble: A fashion trend where a man has a short, neatly trimmed beard.
- He sports designer stubble. (Note: Here, 'designer' is used adjectivally to mean 'fashionably intentional'.)
- Designer drug: A synthetic drug created to mimic the effects of illegal drugs while attempting to avoid legal restrictions.
- The new designer drug is a serious public health concern. (Note: Here, 'designer' is used adjectivally to mean 'specially and artificially created'.)
Noun
- someone who designs clothing
- a person who devises plots or intrigues
- he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack
- someone who specializes in graphic design
- someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
- a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings