illustrator

Noun

Meaning

One who illustrates.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

artificer artist designer interpreter painter dauber comic cartoonist Mayer Meir craftsman drawer artisan animator decorator

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Antonyms

photographer butterfingers bull in the china shop clumsy person butterfingered person

Hypernyms

artist creative person

Hyponyms

commercial artist

Related terms

artist illustration illustrate

Phrases with the word

religious illustrator creative illustrator scientific illustrator design illustrator artistic illustrator

Examples

In my youth I dreamed of being an illustrator. Terence Stamp

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time. Brian Selznick

Before that I wanted to be a magazine illustrator - I probably would have painted Gothic scenes. Ira Levin

I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea. Karl Lagerfeld

I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of the story. Brian Selznick

Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustrator includes to add their own elements to the story. Philip Reeve

Close letter words and terms

illustrative example illustratively illustrativeness illustratory illustratress illustre