artist

Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

Etymology

From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art + -ist.

In classic literature

Synonyms

creative person

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
creator
Narrower (hyponyms)
classic, printmaker, maestro, romanticist, modernist, indiana

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