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Designer

One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.

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Broader term 4

Contriver 76% connected

One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deviser 76% connected

One who devises.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Planner 76% connected

One who plans; a projector.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Specialist 76% connected

One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 3

Costumer 76% connected

One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Landscapist 76% connected

A painter of landscapes.

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Town 76% connected

Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constitut…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Design 74% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Design 74% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Architect 92% connected

A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Intriguer 92% connected

One who intrigues.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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