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drawer

drawer

3 7.0
A person who draws pictures by hand
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɔːər/
: dibujante
  • I've been a doodler and a drawer and kind of like a character creator my whole life.
  • a good drawer

It's commonplace to find accomplished concert pianists, composers, sculptors, painters, drawers.

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Examples

  • But even being a weak drawer, you can still get your idea across pretty well.

  • One mother, for example, described her son as "not a good drawer, but he loves to sit down with pen and paper and try to draw."

    Academic text (2015)
  • I'm a terrible drawer, so...

  • Kato, you are a really good drawer.

  • You’re a good drawer.

  • Although I am not a professional, I consider myself a good drawer when it comes to sketching landscapes.

  • As a child, she always dreamed of becoming an artist and a talented drawer of cartoons.

  • The workshop attracted several aspiring artists, each eager to learn from the experienced drawer leading the class.

Synonyms

artist
vsdrawer
∞ 1.0

A person who makes art like paintings or sculptures with imagination and feeling

is someone skilled specifically at making drawn pictures rather than all art forms
graphic artist
vsdrawer
8 3.4

A person who makes pictures and page designs for posters, books, or websites

is a general picture maker not mainly focused on design for media
penciler
vsdrawer
  • Jargon
1 5.5

A person who draws pictures or plans by hand with a pencil

is a skilled picture maker who works across tools and media
sketcher
vsdrawer
1 3.5

A person who draws quick pictures, often as an artist or for a hobby

is a skilled picture maker aiming for finished, detailed images not quick sketches

Idioms

Not very quick to understand things

Writing that a writer keeps private and does not publish

1 9.4

Make stories or poems and keep them private, not share them

Compounds

13 6.8

Very high quality or the upper drawer in a piece of furniture

tooth-drawer
  • Archaic
9.9

A tool for pulling out teeth used in old dental care

How Skilled

draftsman
  • Specialized
4 5.3
illustrator
26 3.2
drawer
3 7.0
sketcher
1 3.5
dabbler
4 6.7

Surface Forms

drawer singular
drawers plural

Morphology

drawer = draw (transparent) = draw + er

Clear agent noun formed from the verb 'draw' (one who draws pictures), a straightforward derivation for learners.

Etymology

Drawer meaning someone who draws pictures comes from the verb draw, which means 'to make a picture by hand'. So a drawer is simply a person who makes drawings.