designer
/dɪˈzʌɪnə
/noun
1A person who plans the look or workings of something prior to it being made, by preparing drawings or plans: a leading car designer...
- Fashion designers are asking for similar protection for clothing designs for three years.
- How did the son of a farmer from Aberdeenshire become one of the most fêted fashion designers in the world?
- We are professional graphic designers who have dedicated our lives to design, not politics.
Synonyms
creator, deviser, producer, inventor, originator, planner, author, artificer, fabricator;
maker, fashioner;
architect, engineer, builder
couturier, fashion designer, tailor, costumier, dressmaker
1.1 [as modifier] Made by a famous and prestigious fashion designer: designer clothes...
- We were never really respected by the fashion press as a designer label.
- What is the point of expensive designer labels when the only person that gets to see that new outfit is you?
- I think men are much more aware of designer labels and fashion trends than they were even a year ago.
1.2 [as modifier] Fashionable: designer food...
- It is a designer church - modern packaging reinforcing a message styled as very traditional.
- He took, supposedly or allegedly, this designer steroid that helped him run faster.
- Detecting successive generations of designer steroids will require a different type of sleuthing.