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artist

[ahr-tist] / ˈɑr tɪst /
NOUN
person skilled in creative activity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
artisan composer expert inventor painter
STRONG
artiste authority creator virtuoso whiz
WEAK
craftsperson handicrafter
Antonyms
WEAK
scientist

Example Sentences

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“Seeing yourself at that scale makes you feel many ways,” says Barrington Darius, an artist and one of Halsey’s collaborators depicted on a column.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

And when does an artist wear out his welcome?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

It depicts his partner and muse, the French surrealist artist Dora Maar.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Composer AR Rahman wrote that "she lives forever through her voice and aura -what an artist".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The son of Connecticut’s governor, Trumbull was a talented young artist who sketched maps for Washington and joined his military staff.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Vocabulary lists containing artist

Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ist

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