designernoun [ C ]
uk/dɪˈzaɪ.nər/us/-nɚ/B1 a person who imagines how something could be made and draws plans for it:
a fashion/software/theatrical designer
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- She's a highly original young designer.
- Mary Quant was the first fashion designer to raise hemlines.
- This designer has recently branched out into children's wear.
- She set herself up as an interior designer.
- She was a very imaginative designer.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fashion
- clothes horse
- collection
- come
- couture
- cover girl
- fashion
- fashion statement
- haute couture
- high street
- look
- mannequin
- milliner
- model
- modelling
- style
- supermodel
- swag
- the fashion police
- trend
- vogue
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Inventing, designing and innovation
designeradjective [ before noun ]
uk/dɪˈzaɪ.nər/us/-nɚ/B2 made by a famous or fashionable designer:
designer jeans/sunglasses
I can't afford designer labels/designer label clothes.
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- Her favourite designer label is Armani.
- Trendy trainers and designer labels have become aspirational status symbols, especially among the young.
- These suits have designer names and a price ticket to match.
- Among young people, this brand of designer clothing is the ultimate status symbol.
- I don't possess any designer clothes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Modern & fashionable
- be (all) the rage idiom
- be having a moment idiom
- be the last word in sth idiom
- be the new sth idiom
- get with the programme idiom
- happening
- high-tech
- hip
- hipster
- it
- minute 1
- programme
- sharp
- smart
- state-of-the-art
- street cred
- swinger
- swinging
- switched on
- à la mode
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