Artist

/ˈɑːtɪst/

Synonyms for "artist" (271 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (55)

Adjective(1 words)
abstract expressionist
Adjective(1 words)
artistic

Strong matches (81)

Verb(2 words)
creates artdegas
Adjective(3 words)
creativefamous individualfine artist

Related words (135)

Verb(1 words)
makes art

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: aaliyah, abstract expressionist, ace, adept, admirable crichton.
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Synonym selection checklist

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When not to replace "artist"

Keep "artist" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "artist" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

4 entries

More specific

9 entries

Collocations

6 entries
contemporary artistfamous artistprofessional artisttalented artistvisual artistyoung artist

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

203 translations across 93 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kunstenaar noun (person who creates art)

Albanian

4 entries
  • artist noun (person who creates art)
  • artiste noun (person who creates art)
  • piktor noun (person who creates art)
  • piktore noun (person who creates art)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَسَّام noun (person who creates art)
  • رَسَّامَة noun (person who creates art)
  • فنان noun (person who creates art)
  • فَنَّان noun (person who creates art)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նկարիչ noun (person who creates art)

Asturian

1 entries
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • rəssam noun (person who creates art)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • рәссам noun (person who creates art)

Basque

1 entries
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • арты́ст noun (person who creates art)
  • арты́стка noun (person who creates art)
  • маля́р noun (person who creates art)
  • маля́рка noun (person who creates art)

Bengali

1 entries
  • শিল্পী noun (person who creates art)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • арти́ст noun (person who creates art)
  • арти́стка noun (person who creates art)
  • худо́жник noun (person who creates art)
  • худо́жничка noun (person who creates art)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပန်းချီဆရာ noun (person who creates art)

Catalan

1 entries
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ھونەرمەند noun (person who creates art)

Chechen

1 entries
  • суртдуьллург noun (person who creates art)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 畫家 /画家 noun (person who creates art)
  • 美術家 /美术家 noun (person who creates art)
  • 藝術家 /艺术家 noun (person who creates art)

Czech

4 entries
  • malíř noun (person who creates art)
  • malířka noun (person who creates art)
  • umělec noun (person who creates art)
  • umělkyně noun (person who creates art)

Danish

1 entries
  • kunstner noun (person who creates art)

Dutch

3 entries
  • artiest noun (person who creates art)
  • kunstenaar noun (person who creates art)
  • kunstenares noun (person who creates art)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • konstnär noun (person who creates art)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • artisto noun (person who creates art)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kunstnik noun (person who creates art)
  • taidur noun (person who creates art)

Faroese

2 entries
  • listakona noun (person who creates art)
  • listamaður noun (person who creates art)

Finnish

2 entries
  • artisti noun (person who creates art)
  • taiteilija noun (person who creates art)

French

3 entries
  • artiste noun (person who creates art)
  • peintre noun (person who creates art)
  • peintresse noun (person who creates art)

Galician

1 entries
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მხატვარი noun (person who creates art)
  • ხელოვანი noun (person who creates art)

German

4 entries
  • "painter": Maler noun (person who creates art)
  • Künstler noun (person who creates art)
  • Künstlerin noun (person who creates art)
  • Malerin noun (person who creates art)

Greek

2 entries
  • δημιουργός noun (person who creates art)
  • καλλιτέχνης noun (person who creates art)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • eqqumiitsuliortoq noun (person who creates art)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אֳמָן noun (person who creates art)
  • אָמָּן noun (person who creates art)

Hindi

4 entries
  • आर्टिस्ट noun (person who creates art)
  • कलाकार noun (person who creates art)
  • चित्रकार noun (person who creates art)
  • फ़नकार noun (person who creates art)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • művész noun (person who creates art)

Hunsrik

2 entries
  • Kinstler noun (person who creates art)
  • Kinstlerin noun (person who creates art)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • listakona noun (person who creates art)
  • listamaður noun (person who creates art)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • artis noun (person who creates art)
  • seniman noun (person who creates art)

Irish

1 entries
  • ealaíontóir noun (person who creates art)

Italian

1 entries
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Japanese

3 entries
  • アーティスト noun (person who creates art)
  • 画家 noun (person who creates art)
  • 芸術家 noun (person who creates art)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • суретші noun (person who creates art)
  • әртіс noun (person who creates art)

Khmer

2 entries
  • វិចិត្រករ noun (person who creates art)
  • សិល្បករ noun (person who creates art)

Korean

1 entries
  • 화가 noun (person who creates art)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • көркөмөнөрчү noun (person who creates art)
  • художник noun (person who creates art)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຈິດຕະກອນ noun (person who creates art)
  • ສິນລະປິນ noun (person who creates art)

Latin

1 entries
  • artifex noun (person who creates art)

Latvian

2 entries
  • māksliniece noun (person who creates art)
  • mākslinieks noun (person who creates art)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • artistas noun (person who creates art)
  • menininkas noun (person who creates art)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Kënschtler noun (person who creates art)
  • Kënschtlerin noun (person who creates art)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • уметник noun (person who creates art)
  • уметница noun (person who creates art)
  • уметничка noun (person who creates art)

Malay

2 entries
  • artis noun (person who creates art)
  • seniman noun (person who creates art)

Maltese

1 entries
  • artist noun (person who creates art)

Marathi

1 entries
  • कलाकार noun (person who creates art)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • жүжигчин noun (person who creates art)
  • зураач noun (person who creates art)

Māori

2 entries
  • rehetoi noun (person who creates art)
  • ringatoi noun (person who creates art)

Norman

1 entries
  • artiste noun (person who creates art)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • hunermend noun (person who creates art)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • dáiddár noun (person who creates art)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kunstner noun (person who creates art)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kunstnar noun (person who creates art)

Occitan

1 entries
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • mazinibii'igewinini noun (person who creates art)

Old English

1 entries
  • cræftiga noun (person who creates art)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • صنعتكار noun (person who creates art)

Persian

4 entries
  • آرتیست noun (person who creates art)
  • نقاش noun (person who creates art)
  • نگارگر noun (person who creates art)
  • هنرمند noun (person who creates art)

Polish

4 entries
  • artysta noun (person who creates art)
  • artystka noun (person who creates art)
  • malarka noun (person who creates art)
  • malarz noun (person who creates art)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Romanian

2 entries
  • artist noun (person who creates art)
  • artistă noun (person who creates art)

Romansch

2 entries
  • artist noun (person who creates art)
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Russian

4 entries
  • арти́ст noun (person who creates art)
  • арти́стка noun (person who creates art)
  • худо́жник noun (person who creates art)
  • худо́жница noun (person who creates art)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • dealbhadair noun (person who creates art)
  • dealbhaiche noun (person who creates art)
  • ealantair noun (person who creates art)
  • neach-ealain noun (person who creates art)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ùmetnīca noun (person who creates art)
  • ùmetnīk noun (person who creates art)
  • ùmjetnica noun (person who creates art)
  • ùmjetnik noun (person who creates art)

Slovak

4 entries
  • maliar noun (person who creates art)
  • maliarka noun (person who creates art)
  • umelec noun (person who creates art)
  • umelkyňa noun (person who creates art)

Slovene

4 entries
  • slikar noun (person who creates art)
  • slikarka noun (person who creates art)
  • umetnica noun (person who creates art)
  • umetnik noun (person who creates art)

Spanish

1 entries
  • artista noun (person who creates art)

Swahili

2 entries
  • msanii noun (person who creates art)
  • mwanasanaa noun (person who creates art)

Swedish

2 entries
  • artist noun (person who creates art)
  • konstnär noun (person who creates art)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • dalubsining noun (person who creates art)

Tajik

4 entries
  • наққош noun (person who creates art)
  • рассом noun (person who creates art)
  • суратгар noun (person who creates art)
  • ҳунарманд noun (person who creates art)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கலைஞர் noun (person who creates art)

Tatar

1 entries
  • рәссам noun (person who creates art)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కళాకారుడు noun (person who creates art)

Thai

2 entries
  • จิตรกร noun (person who creates art)
  • ศิลปิน noun (person who creates art)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རི་མོ་མཁས་པ noun (person who creates art)

Turkish

4 entries
  • dörütmen noun (person who creates art)
  • dörütçü noun (person who creates art)
  • ressam noun (person who creates art)
  • sanatçı noun (person who creates art)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • hudožnik noun (person who creates art)
  • suratçy noun (person who creates art)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • арти́ст noun (person who creates art)
  • арти́стка noun (person who creates art)
  • ма́ля́р noun (person who creates art)
  • ма́ля́рка noun (person who creates art)

Urdu

2 entries
  • فنکار noun (person who creates art)
  • فنکارہ noun (person who creates art)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • رەسسام noun (person who creates art)
  • سەنئەتكار noun (person who creates art)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • rassom noun (person who creates art)
  • sanatkor noun (person who creates art)
  • xudojnik noun (person who creates art)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hilekanan noun (person who creates art)
  • jilekanan noun (person who creates art)
  • lekanan noun (person who creates art)

Welsh

1 entries
  • arlunydd noun (person who creates art)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • אַרטיסט noun (person who creates art)
  • אַרטיסטקע noun (person who creates art)
  • קינסטלער noun (person who creates art)
  • קינסטלערין noun (person who creates art)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I am not an artist. I never had the knack for it.

Source: tatoeba (1369)

The artist captured the charm of the lady.

Source: tatoeba (22601)

Picasso is a famous artist.

Source: tatoeba (34821)

Picasso is a famous artist whom everyone knows.

Source: tatoeba (34822)

Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.

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