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drawer

drawer

8 7.0
A person who draws pictures by hand
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɔːər/
translation icon : 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
7 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
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
penciler
vsdrawer
  • Jargon
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

Idioms

Writing that a writer keeps private and does not publish

Not very quick to understand things

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

Compounds

15 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
39 3.2
drawer
8 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.