artist
Other forms: artists
An artist is someone whose life's work — or passionate hobby — focuses on some creative enterprise. If you love to paint portraits of your dog, you are an artist.
People who make films, write short stories, or build beautiful dollhouses are all artists. Doing anything that involves creativity and imagination, especially if it yields some finished project, is being an artist. Sometimes people use the word for someone who's great at what she does, or who uses extra flair or originality: "That barista is a total artist — look, she made my latte foam look like a hedgehog!" The Latin root is ars, or "art."
Definitions of artist
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a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imaginationsynonyms: creative personexamples:Hans ArpAlsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)John James AudubonUnited States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851)Marcel DuchampFrench artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader in the dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit commonplace objects as art (1887-1968)Al HirschfeldUnited States artist noted for his line-drawn caricatures (1904-2003)Jasper JohnsUnited States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)Edward LearBritish artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)Louis Comfort TiffanyUnited States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933)types:illustratoran artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)classican artist who has created classic worksclassicistan artistic person who adheres to classicismconstructivistan artist of the school of constructivismetchersomeone who etchesexpressionistan artist who is an adherent of expressionismminimalista practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalismmodernistan artist who makes a deliberate break with previous stylesmusicianartist who composes or conducts music as a professionpainteran artist who paintsPre-Raphaelitea painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance idealspyrographeran artist who practices pyrographystylistan artist who is a master of a particular stylesurrealistan artist who is a member of the movement called surrealismsymbolista member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbolsadapter, arranger, transcribera musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performancecartoonista person who draws cartoonscolorista painter able to achieve special effects with colorcommercial artistan illustrator who is supported by advertisingcomposersomeone who composes music as a professioncubistan artist who adheres to the principles of cubismdauberan unskilled painterdistortionista painter who introduces distortionsengravera printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plategenre paintera painter of scenes from everyday lifeimpressionista painter who follows the theories of Impressionismlandscapistsomeone who paints landscapeslithographersomeone who makes prints from a stone or metal plateminiaturistsomeone who paints tiny pictures in great detailmuralista painter of muralsoil paintera painter who uses oil paintsold mastera great European painter prior to 19th centurypaparazzoa freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazinespavement artistsomeone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks (hoping that passers-by will give them money)pointillista painter who uses the technique of pointillismPost-impressionist, Postimpressionistan artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionismpress photographera photographer who works for a newspaperobjectivist, realista painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic stylesculptressa woman sculptorsketchersomeone who draws sketchesvirtuosoa musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistrytype of:creatora person who grows or makes or invents things
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ist
This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "someone who works in a profession or activity; someone who follows a school of thought or belief system."