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Synonyms

designer

American  
[dih-zahy-ner] / dɪˈzaɪ nər /

noun

  1. a person who devises or executes designs, especially one who creates forms, structures, and patterns, as for works of art or machines.

  2. a schemer, intriguer, or plotter.

adjective

  1. designed or created by or carrying a label or identification of a designer, especially a fashion designer, but often mass-produced.

    designer jeans.

  2. created for intentional effect through chemical or genetic modification, as for a designer drug, or through crossbreeding, as for a designer dog.

designer British  
/ dɪˈzaɪnə /

noun

  1. a person who devises and executes designs, as for works of art, clothes, machines, etc

  2. (modifier) designed by and bearing the label or signature of a well-known fashion designer

    designer jeans

  3. (modifier) (of things, ideas, etc) having an appearance of fashionable trendiness

    designer pop songs

    designer stubble

  4. (modifier) (of cells, chemicals, etc) designed (or produced) to perform a specific function or combat a specific problem

    designer insecticide

  5. (modifier) (of an animal) cross-bred for a specific purpose, such as looks, temperament, or likelihood of causing an allergy

    designer dogs

  6. a person who devises plots or schemes; intriguer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • self-designer noun

Etymology

Origin of designer

First recorded in 1640–50; design + -er 1

Example Sentences

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One designer sold jeans from the back of his car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

She is a poet, musician, activist, sound designer, organizer, curator, visual artist and Afrofuturist visionary.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Those who know him say he is the most charismatic of the quartet and the most sharply dressed, with designer brown leather boots that somehow look good even with an orange flight suit.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

First, chip designer Arm Holdings revealed its first-ever data-center central processing unit, or CPU, last week.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Apparently it doesn’t look professional enough, so she wants to pay a web designer to make it better.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

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