designer
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
A person who decides how something will look and work before it is made.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
dihzynerSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
dɪˈzaɪnɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A person who specializes in interior design
Someone who specializes in graphic design
A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
A person who devises plots or intrigues
“He is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack.”
Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
Someone who designs clothing
adjective
Created by a designer, especially a fashion designer.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A person who specializes in interior design
Used this way, designer is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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Common Patterns and Combinations
How this word naturally appears with others.
Similar Words, What’s the Difference?
Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.
A person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings.
A person who specializes in interior decoration.
A home decor designer.
Someone who designs clothing.
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Make or work out a plan for.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws.
Someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade).
Someone who designs clothing.
Someone who designs clothing.
Someone who specializes in graphic design.
A person who specializes in interior design.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
Criteria that designers should meet in designing some system or device.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- couturenoun
- clothingnoun
- programmernoun
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Synonyms
Sense: person who specializes in interior design
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