Synonyms for artist
ˈɑr tɪstartist

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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. David Datuna:

   So it's not like, again, vandalism. It was art performance from me. And absolutely, I'm not sorry, i call performance 'Hungry Artist'. Yeah, because I was hungry and I just eat it.

2. Orson Welles, 1966:

   I passionately hate the idea of being with it. I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

3. Larry Hernandez:

   I come from there. So I share everything with the fans. I am an artist who, if something is happening to me, I talk about it.

4. Auguste Renoir:

   The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion. It is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.

5. Jean Cocteau:

   An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.