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. Judy Norton:

   I guess at my core, I’m an artist, and so the opportunity to utilize my imagination, create things and share stories is what makes me happy and fulfills me… It wasn’t until many years after ‘The Waltons’ when I had gone back to theater that I had the opportunity to take on a role within a theater company as a writer and director. I found to my surprise that I really enjoyed it as well. And as you get older as a woman, there are fewer roles. So it can be a bit challenging to stay satisfied as an actor. As a writer, [my] age, sex, how I looked – it didn’t matter…. It was a great training route to hone my storytelling skills.

2. Marie Baronnet:

   Burlesque is interesting because it's a space where women of all kinds, physically speaking, can actually go onstage, they have to have personality and rhythm, they have to know how to dance, and they have to also be an artist because they have to do all those costumes and create a choreography.

3. Victoria Hoffman:

   A chance to meet your favorite icon –maybe a famed artist or photographer- may be as little as $10,000. But a celebrity or athlete may expect a donation of no less than $50-100,000.

4. Bobby Bank/Getty:

   I was very unstable. I wasn’t thinking right. So I hooked up with these guys and all of a sudden I’m a stick-up artist. I stuck up every nightclub in New York, i’m no angel.

5. Deborah Dugan:

   I couldn't say more positive things about all of the nominations and everybody that performs, i hate that I am in this situation because I'd much rather be here talking about the artist and the music.