artist
UK/ˈɑːtɪst//ˈɑɹ.tɪst/
artist noun: a person who creates art.
Noun
artist (plural artists)
- A person who creates art.
- A person who creates art as an occupation.
- A person who is skilled at some activity.
- A recording artist.
- A person who creates visual art (in contrast to literature, music etc.)
Adjective
artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)
- Artistic.
- Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions., vol.1, ch.24
Proper noun capitalized: Artist
Artist (plural Artists)
- A surname.
artist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
artist in Hindi
- person who creates art
- कलाकार kalākār, फ़नकार fankār, शिल्पी śilpī, हुनरमंद hunarmand, आर्टिस्ट ārṭisṭ, चित्रकार citrakār
- person who creates art as an occupation
- फनकार phankār, शिल्पी śilpī, हुनरमंद hunarmand, कलाकार kalākār, आर्टिस्ट ārṭisṭ
- skilled person
- कलाकार kalākār
artist in Tamil
- person who creates art
- கலைஞர் kalaiñar
- person who creates art as an occupation
- கலைஞர் kalaiñar
- skilled person
- கலைஞர் kalaiñar, வல்லவர் vallavar
artist in Marathi
- person who creates art
- कलाकार kalākār
- person who creates art as an occupation
- कलाकार kalākār
artist in Urdu
- person who creates art
- فنکار fankār, فنکارہ fankārā
More languagesFewer languages
- artist in Bengali
- শিল্পী śilpi
- artist in Telugu
- కళాకారుడు kaḷākāruḍu
- artist in Malayalam
- കലാകാരൻ kalākāraṉ, കലാകാരി kalākāri
- artist in Kannada
- ಕಲೆಗಾರ, ಕಲೋಪಾಸಕ, ಕಲಾಭಿಜ್ಞ, ಕಲಾವಿದ
- artist in Punjabi
- ਫ਼ਨਕਾਰ fankār, فنکار fankār
- artist in Gujarati
- કલાકાર kalākār
- artist in Tagalog
- dalubsining
- artist in Arabic
- فَنَّان fannān, فَنَّانَة fannāna, رَسَّام rassām, رَسَّامَة rassāma
- artist in Malay
- seniman, artis
- artist in Indonesian
- seniman, artis, seniwati
- artist in Persian
- هنرمند honarmand, آرتیست ârtist, نقاش naqqâš, نگارگر negârgar
- artist in Thai
- ศิลปิน sǐn-lá-bpin, จิตรกร jìt-dtrà-gɔɔn
- artist in Vietnamese
- họa sĩ, nghệ sĩ
- artist in Myanmar
- ပန်းချီဆရာ pan:hkyihca.ra
Examples of artist in a sentence
- The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.
- The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape.
- While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.
Forms of artist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | artists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more artist |
| superlative | most artist |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Artists |
Origin of artist
From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art + -ist.
Variant of Artis.
Words formed from artist
- booze artist
- bullshit artist
- clutch artist
- con artist
- crap artist
- escape artist
- grog artist
- jab artist
- martial artist
- pavement artist
- pickup artist
- piss artist
- quick-change artist
- scam artist
- trapeze artist
- wheel artist
- confidence artist
- face artist
- graf artist
- handcuff artist
- makeup artist
- marine artist
- outsider artist
- photographic artist
- sound artist
- takeover artist
- turnaround artist
- airtist
- antiartist
- arch-artist
- artistamp
- artistdom
- artiste
- artistess
- artistlike
- artistly
- artistry
- artist's conception
- artist's conk
- artist's fungus
- artist's impression
- artist's proof
- ASMRtist
- balloon artist
- bread-artist
- concept artist
- cover artist
- culinary artist
- cyberartist
- dartist
- drag artist
- ecoartist
- fine artist
- foley artist
- food artist
- graffiti artist
- graphic artist
- land artist
- latte artist
- make-up artist
Phrases with artist
- war artist
- flop artist
- photo artist
- pixel artist
- voice artist
- street artist
- tattoo artist
- visual artist
- sidewalk artist
- starving artist
- recording artist
- tightrope artist
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with artist
Questions about artist
- What does artist mean?
- Artist means a person who creates art.
- What is artist in Hindi?
- Artist in Hindi is कलाकार (kalākār), फ़नकार (fankār), शिल्पी (śilpī). See Artist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is artist?
- Artist can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce artist?
- Artist is pronounced /ˈɑːtɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of artist?
- The plural of artist is artists.
Words near artist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: artist (page history and authors); Artist (page history and authors); കലാകാരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); artist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); فنکار (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કલાકાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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