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fashioner

fashioner

6.3
A person or thing that makes something
  • noun
  • /ˈfæʃənər/
translation icon : modelador
  • The skilled fashioner carved intricate designs into the stone walls.

Examples

  • As a fashioner of new ideas, she inspired her entire team.

  • She is a talented fashioner of modern art.

  • Ancient myths often speak of a divine fashioner who shaped the world.

  • The fashioner of this sculpture is renowned.

  • The skilled fashioner carved intricate designs into the stone walls.

  • As a fashioner of new ideas, she inspired her entire team.

  • She is a talented fashioner of modern art.

Synonyms

designer
vsfashioner
149 2.9

A person who plans how things will look and work, for example buildings or products

emphasizes making the object itself rather than only planning its form
crafter
vsfashioner
13 3.7

A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand

covers creating or forming more broadly beyond manual handiwork
modeler
vsfashioner
  • US
6 3.7

A person who makes small copies of things like buildings or trains

is more general and applies to many kinds of making not only prototypes
shaper
vsfashioner
4 6.4

A person who makes and shapes objects like surfboards

is the general term for creating or forming things
fabricator
vsfashioner
  • Specialized
2 4.8

A person or company that makes metal parts and computer chips

is wider, used for making generally not limited to factories
artificer
vsfashioner
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who makes things well by hand

focuses on making with skill and invention rather than general creating
figurer
vsfashioner
8.2

A person who makes small models or statues from different materials

is broader and covers making many types of objects beyond small pieces

Antonyms

39 5.5

A person or thing that causes great damage

How Creative

visionary
47 6.3
innovator
38 4.3
fashioner
6.3
designer
149 2.9
creator
220 2.8
maker
415 1.6

Surface Forms

fashioner singular
fashioners plural

Morphology

fashioner = fashion (transparent) = fashion + er

A straightforward agentive noun formed from the verb 'fashion' (to make), meaning 'one who makes or shapes'.

Etymology

Fashioner is built from fashion 'to make' plus -er 'one who does', so it literally means 'a maker'. That's why a fashioner is a person or thing that shapes, forms, or creates something.