Meanings
artist1
nounartist (plural artists)
plural artists
adjectiveartist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)
comparative more artist · superlative most artist
- archaicArtistic.
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.
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Artist2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
Similar
creative person
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
artist · noun, adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
- Proto-Italic*artis
- Latinars
- Late Latinartista
- Frenchartiste
- Englishartist
From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art + -ist.
More words from French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kunstenaar
- kunstenaarperson who creates art
Arabic فَنَّان, فَنَّانَة
- فَنَّان (fannān)person who creates art as an occupation
- فَنَّانَة (fannāna)person who creates art as an occupation
- فَنَّان (fannān)person who creates art
- فَنَّانَة (fannāna)person who creates art
- رَسَّام (rassām)person who creates art
- رَسَّامَة (rassāma)person who creates art
Basque artista
- artistaperson who creates art
Bengali শিল্পী, শিল্পী
- শিল্পী (śilpi)person who creates art as an occupation
- শিল্পী (śilpi)person who creates art
Bulgarian худо́жник, худо́жничка
- худо́жник (hudóžnik)person who creates art as an occupation
- худо́жничка (hudóžnička)person who creates art as an occupation
- ма́йстор (májstor)skilled person
- ма́йсторка (májstorka)skilled person
- худо́жник (hudóžnik)person who creates art
- худо́жничка (hudóžnička)person who creates art
- арти́ст (artíst)person who creates art
- арти́стка (artístka)person who creates art
Catalan artista, artista
- artistaperson who creates art as an occupation
- artistaskilled person
- artistaperson who creates art
Chinese Mandarin 藝術家 /艺术家, 畫家 /画家
- 藝術家 /艺术家 (yìshùjiā)person who creates art
- 畫家 /画家 (huàjiā)person who creates art
- 美術家 /美术家 (měishùjiā)person who creates art
Czech umělec, umělkyně
- umělecperson who creates art as an occupation
- umělkyněperson who creates art as an occupation
- umělecperson who creates art
- umělkyněperson who creates art
- malířperson who creates art
- malířkaperson who creates art
Danish kunstner
- kunstnerperson who creates art
Dutch kunstenaar, kunstenares
- kunstenaarperson who creates art as an occupation
- kunstenaresperson who creates art as an occupation
- artiestperson who creates art as an occupation
- artiestskilled person
- kunstenaarperson who creates art
- kunstenaresperson who creates art
- artiestperson who creates art
Esperanto artisto
- artistoperson who creates art
Estonian kunstnik, taidur
- kunstnikperson who creates art
- taidurperson who creates art
Finnish taiteilija, taitaja
- taiteilijaperson who creates art as an occupation
- taitajaskilled person
- taiteilijaperson who creates art
- artistiperson who creates art
French artiste, artiste
- artisteperson who creates art as an occupation
- artisteperson who creates art
- peintreperson who creates art
- peintresseperson who creates art
German Künstler, Künstlerin
- Künstlerperson who creates art as an occupation
- Künstlerinperson who creates art as an occupation
- Künstlerskilled person
- Künstlerinskilled person
- Künstlerperson who creates art
- Künstlerinperson who creates art
- "painter": Malerperson who creates art
- Malerinperson who creates art
Greek καλλιτέχνης, καλλιτέχνης
- καλλιτέχνης (kallitéchnis)person who creates art as an occupation
- καλλιτέχνης (kallitéchnis)skilled person
- καλλιτέχνης (kallitéchnis)person who creates art
- δημιουργός (dimiourgós)person who creates art
Hebrew אמן, אֳמָן
- אמןperson who creates art as an occupation
- אֳמָן (omán)person who creates art
- אָמָּן (omán)person who creates art
Hindi फनकार, शिल्पी
- फनकार (phankār)person who creates art as an occupation
- शिल्पी (śilpī)person who creates art as an occupation
- हुनरमंद (hunarmand)person who creates art as an occupation
- कलाकार (kalākār)person who creates art as an occupation
- आर्टिस्ट (ārṭisṭ)person who creates art as an occupation
- कलाकार (kalākār)skilled person
- कलाकार (kalākār)person who creates art
- फ़नकार (fankār)person who creates art
- शिल्पी (śilpī)person who creates art
- हुनरमंद (hunarmand)person who creates art
- आर्टिस्ट (ārṭisṭ)person who creates art
- चित्रकार (citrakār)person who creates art
Hungarian művész, művész
- művészperson who creates art as an occupation
- művészperson who creates art
Icelandic listamaður, listakona
- listamaðurperson who creates art
- listakonaperson who creates art
Indonesian seniman, seniman
- senimanperson who creates art as an occupation
- senimanperson who creates art
- artisperson who creates art
- seniwatiperson who creates art
Irish ealaíontóir, máistir
- ealaíontóirperson who creates art as an occupation
- máistirskilled person
- ceardaískilled person
- ealaíontóirperson who creates art
Italian artista, artista
- artistaperson who creates art as an occupation
- artistaskilled person
- artistaperson who creates art
Japanese 芸術家, 熟練者
- 芸術家 (geijutsuka)person who creates art as an occupation
- 熟練者 (jukurensha)skilled person
- 芸術家 (geijutsuka)person who creates art
- 画家 (gaka)person who creates art
- アーティスト (ātisuto)person who creates art
Korean 화가
- 화가 (hwaga)person who creates art
Latin artifex, artifex
- artifexperson who creates art as an occupation
- artifexperson who creates art
Latvian mākslinieks, māksliniece
- mākslinieksperson who creates art
- mākslinieceperson who creates art
Lithuanian menininkas, artistas
- menininkasperson who creates art
- artistasperson who creates art
Malay seniman, artis
- senimanperson who creates art
- artisperson who creates art
Māori ringatoi, rehetoi
- ringatoiperson who creates art
- rehetoiperson who creates art
Norwegian Bokmål artist, kunstner
- artistskilled person
- kunstnerperson who creates art
Persian هنرمند, هنرمند
- هنرمند (honarmand)person who creates art as an occupation
- هنرمند (honarmand)person who creates art
- آرتیست (ârtist)person who creates art
- نقاش (naqqâš)person who creates art
- نگارگر (negârgar)person who creates art
Polish artysta, artystka
- artystaperson who creates art as an occupation
- artystkaperson who creates art as an occupation
- artystaskilled person
- artystkaskilled person
- fachuraskilled person
- artystaperson who creates art
- artystkaperson who creates art
- twórcaperson who creates art
- twórczyniperson who creates art
- malarzperson who creates art
- malarkaperson who creates art
Portuguese artista, artista
- artistaperson who creates art as an occupation
- artistaskilled person
- artistaperson who creates art
Romanian artist, artistă
- artistperson who creates art as an occupation
- artistăperson who creates art as an occupation
- artistskilled person
- artistăskilled person
- artistperson who creates art
- artistăperson who creates art
Russian худо́жник, худо́жница
- худо́жник (xudóžnik)person who creates art as an occupation
- худо́жница (xudóžnica)person who creates art as an occupation
- ма́стер (máster)skilled person
- мастери́ца (masteríca)skilled person
- уме́лец (umélec)skilled person
- уме́лица (umélica)skilled person
- худо́жник (xudóžnik)person who creates art
- худо́жница (xudóžnica)person who creates art
- арти́ст (artíst)person who creates art
- арти́стка (artístka)person who creates art
Scottish Gaelic dealbhadair, dealbhaiche
- dealbhadairperson who creates art as an occupation
- dealbhaicheperson who creates art as an occupation
- ealantairperson who creates art as an occupation
- neach-ealainperson who creates art as an occupation
- dealbhadairperson who creates art
- dealbhaicheperson who creates art
- ealantairperson who creates art
- neach-ealainperson who creates art
Slovak umelec, umelkyňa
- umelecperson who creates art as an occupation
- umelkyňaperson who creates art as an occupation
- umelecperson who creates art
- umelkyňaperson who creates art
- maliarperson who creates art
- maliarkaperson who creates art
Spanish artista, artista
- artistaperson who creates art as an occupation
- artistaskilled person
- artistaperson who creates art
Swahili msanii, msanii
- msaniiperson who creates art as an occupation
- msaniiskilled person
- msaniiperson who creates art
- mwanasanaaperson who creates art
Swedish artist, konstnär
- artistperson who creates art
- konstnärperson who creates art
Tagalog dalubsining
- dalubsiningperson who creates art
Tamil கலைஞர், கலைஞர்
- கலைஞர் (kalaiñar)person who creates art as an occupation
- கலைஞர் (kalaiñar)skilled person
- வல்லவர் (vallavar)skilled person
- கலைஞர் (kalaiñar)person who creates art
Thai ศิลปิน, จิตรกร
- ศิลปิน (sǐn-lá-bpin)person who creates art
- จิตรกร (jìt-dtrà-gɔɔn)person who creates art
Turkish sanatçı, dörütçü
- sanatçıperson who creates art as an occupation
- dörütçüperson who creates art as an occupation
- dörütmenperson who creates art as an occupation
- sanatçıperson who creates art
- dörütçüperson who creates art
- dörütmenperson who creates art
- ressamperson who creates art
Ukrainian худо́жник, худо́жниця
- худо́жник (xudóžnyk)person who creates art as an occupation
- худо́жниця (xudóžnycja)person who creates art as an occupation
- ма́йстер (májster)skilled person
- ма́йстерка (májsterka)skilled person
- мите́ць (mytécʹ)skilled person
- мистки́ня (mystkýnja)skilled person
- худо́жник (xudóžnyk)person who creates art
- худо́жниця (xudóžnycja)person who creates art
- ма́ля́р (máljár)person who creates art
- ма́ля́рка (máljárka)person who creates art
- арти́ст (artýst)person who creates art
- арти́стка (artýstka)person who creates art
Urdu فنکار, فنکارہ
- فنکار (fankār)person who creates art
- فنکارہ (fankārā)person who creates art
Vietnamese họa sĩ, nghệ sĩ
- họa sĩperson who creates art as an occupation
- nghệ sĩperson who creates art as an occupation
Welsh arlunydd
- arlunyddperson who creates art
Yiddish קינסטלער, קינסטלערין
- קינסטלער (kinstler)person who creates art
- קינסטלערין (kinstlerin)person who creates art
- אַרטיסט (artist)person who creates art
- אַרטיסטקע (artistke)person who creates art
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with artist
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Cite this entry
APA
artist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artist
MLA
“artist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artist.
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