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| Main Entry: | artist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person skilled in creative activity |
| Synonyms: | artisan, authority, composer, craftsperson, creator, expert, inventor, painter, virtuoso, whiz*, artiste, handicrafter |
| Antonyms: | scientist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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-nouns
artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist; illustrator; cartoonist; graphic artist., historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician., photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff; wildlife photographer.
-phrases
photo safari; "with gun and camera".
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| Main Entry: | acrobat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | performer who does tricks, physical feats |
| Synonyms: | artist, athlete, clown, contortionist, dancer, gymnast, performer, aerialist, balancer, funambulist, stunt person, trapezist, tumbler |
| Antonyms: | clod |
| Main Entry: | actor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs, entertains by role-playing |
| Synonyms: | amateur, artist, bit player, character, clown, comedian, entertainer, extra, foil, ham*, idol, lead, mime, mimic, performer, player, stand-in, star, stooge*, thespian, understudy, villain, barnstormer, hambone, headliner, impersonator, ingénue, pantomimist, play-actor, soubrette, straight person, thesp, trouper, ventriloquist, walk-on |
| Antonyms: | audience, fan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | architect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who designs buildings |
| Synonyms: | artist, builder, creator, designer, engineer, inventor, maker, originator, planner, prime mover, draftsperson, master builder |
| Main Entry: | bohemian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
| Synonyms: | artist, beatnik*, dilettante, flower child*, free spirit, gypsy, hippie*, iconoclast, writer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cartoonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who draws cartoons |
| Synonyms: | artist, illustrator, caricaturist, comic artist, gag person, gagster, social critic |
| Main Entry: | expert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master, specialist |
| Synonyms: | ace*, adept, artist, authority, buff, connoisseur, graduate, guru*, old hand*, phenomenon, pro, professional, proficient, virtuoso, whiz*, wizard, artiste, doyen, hot shot, old pro, shark* |
| Antonyms: | amateur, apprentice, ignoramus, novice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | musician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs music |
| Synonyms: | artist, composer, conductor, diva, entertainer, performer, player, virtuoso, vocalist, artiste, instrumentalist, session player, soloist |
| Main Entry: | poet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who writes expressive, rhythmic verse |
| Synonyms: | artist, author, bard, dilettante, dramatist, lyricist, maker, writer, balladist, librettist, lyrist, metrist, odist, parodist, poetaster, rhapsodist, rhymer, rimer, sonnetist, versifier |
| Main Entry: | professional |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person prepared for work by extended study or practice |
| Synonyms: | adept, artist, authority, brain*, egghead*, expert, old hand*, pro, proficient, pundit, specialist, star, virtuoso, whiz*, whiz kid*, wizard, artiste, hotshot, old pro, old war-horse, phenom, powerhouse, shark, superstar |
| Antonyms: | amateur, apprentice, greenhorn, rookie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | singer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who can carry a tune |
| Synonyms: | artist, diva, minstrel, musician, songbird, troubadour, vocalist, voice, accompanist, artiste, chanter, chanteuse, choralist, chorister, crooner, intoner, melodist, nightingale, serenader, soloist, songster, warbler, yodeler |
| Main Entry: | thespian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | actor, actress |
| Synonyms: | artist, bit player, character, entertainer, extra, ham*, idol, lead, performer, player, star, understudy, headliner, play-actor, straight person, thesp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | troubadour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | singer |
| Synonyms: | artist, bard, minstrel, musician, poet, vocalist, accompanist, balladeer, crooner, jongleur, minnesinger, serenader, songster, songwriter, trouveur |
| Main Entry: | virtuoso |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an expert |
| Synonyms: | ace, adept, artist, authority, big league*, brain*, celebrity, champion, crackerjack*, egghead, genius, intelligent, magician, musician, natural*, old hand*, performer, pro*, prodigy, professional, pundit, sharp*, star, whiz*, wizard, artiste, champ, dillettante, hot stuff, hotshot, no slouch, old pro, superstar |
| Antonyms: | amateur, greenhorn, rookie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engraver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | graver |
| Synonyms: | artist, lapidary, sculptor, carver, cutter, etcher, lithographer |
| Main Entry: | interpreter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | translator |
| Synonyms: | analyst, artist, commentator, critic, delegate, editor, exponent, guide, linguist, philosopher, professor, reviewer, scholar, speaker, spokesperson, writer, annotator, biographer, decoder, exegete, explicator, expositor, glossographer, paraphraser |
| Notes: | an interpreter converts speech to another language and a translator converts writing to another language |
| Main Entry: | master |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, skilled person, female or male |
| Synonyms: | ace*, adept, artist, authority, buff*, champion, connoisseur, conqueror, doctor, genius, guru, maestro, maven, old hand*, past master, prima donna*, pro, professional, proficient, pundit, sage, savant, scientist, victor, virtuoso, whiz*, winner, wizard, artiste, doyen, doyenne, old pro, real pro, shark*, whiz-bang |
| Antonyms: | amateur |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wizard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is highly skilled |
| Synonyms: | ace*, adept, artist, authority, crackerjack*, expert, genius, pro*, prodigy, professional, proficient, star, virtuoso, whiz*, whiz kid*, hot shot, shark*, wiz |
| Antonyms: | amateur, rookie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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