Synonyms for artist
ˈɑr tɪstartist

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. artist

   Artist, artificer and artisan are all from the root of art, but artist holds to the esthetic sense, while artificer and artisan follow the mechanical or industrial sense of the word (see ART under SCIENCE). Artist thus comes only into accidental association with the other words of this group, not being a synonym of any one of them and having practically no synonym of its own. The work of the artist is creative; that of the artisan mechanical. The man who paints a beautiful picture is an artist; the man who makes pin-heads all day is an artisan. The artificer is between the two, putting more thought, intelligence, and taste into his work than the artisan, but less of the idealizing, creative power than the artist. The sculptor, shaping his model in clay, is artificer, as well as artist; patient artisans, working simply by rule and scale, chisel and polish the stone. The man who constructs anything by mere routine and rule is a mechanic. The man whose work involves thought, skill, and constructive power is an artificer. The hod-carrier is a laborer; the bricklayer is a mechanic; the master mason is an artificer. Those who operate machinery nearly self-acting are operatives.

   Synonyms:
   artificer, artisan, mechanic, operative, workman

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:3.5 / 2 votes

1. artist, creative personnoun

   a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

   Synonyms:
   creative person

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. artistnoun

   Synonyms:
   designer, contriver, projector, adept, ARTIFICER, skilful person

2. artistnoun

   Synonyms:
   painter, limner, sketcher

3. artistnoun

   Synonyms:
   sculptor, carver, modeller

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "artist":

   artists, performer, artiste, painter, entertainer, artistic, interpreter, painters, arts, artistes

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. ARTIST

   Synonyms:
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1. Steve Martin:

   My first instinct was, 'Of course not.' And I thought about it overnight and I thought, 'You know, that's an interesting proposition,' he's the only artist I could conceive of curating because his masterpieces, all in Canada, are known, they're unknown in America and I happen to have a love of him.

2. New York:

   Whoever you are, corporate or independent graffiti artist, this is the place to be this week. It's all about visibility.

3. Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña:

   If the lights would have been turned on --( if) the promoter or artist called for tha t -- it would have chilled the crowd, and who knows ? Who knows what the outcome would have been ? But everybody in that venue, starting from the artist on down, has a responsibility for public safety.

4. Fatima Kabbani:

   We love Dudu not only because he is the grandson of [Daoud] al-Kuwaiti, but because he has his own unique style, he is a singer and an artist, and art has nothing to do with politics.

5. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.