Artisan, n. Mechanic, craftsman, handicraftsman, workman, laborer, operative.
Artist, n.
- 1. Designer, contriver, projector, adept, skilled workman, artificer.
- 2. Painter, hmner, sketcher.
- 3. Sculptor, carver, modeller.
- 4. Master, master-hand, consummate performer.
Artistic, Artistical, a.
- 1. Skilful, masterly, workman-like.
- 2. Tasteful, marked by knowledge of art, displaying taste, showing skill in applying the principles of beauty.
Artless, a.
- 1. Ignorant, unlearned, untaught, unskilful, rude. [Usually followed by of.]
- 2. Inartificial, simple, natural, plain, unadorned, without marks of art.
- 3. Unaffected, plain, honest, frank, fair, open, candid, naive, guileless, simple, sincere, true, unsophisticated,
ingenuous, undesigning, truthful, trustful, unsuspicious, confiding, single-minded, simple-hearted, simple-
minded, open-hearted, straightforward.
As, ad. and conj.
- 1. In the manner that.
- 2. Like, similar to, for example, of the same kind with, in the same manner with.
- 3. Viewed like, taken in the character of, considered in the state of.
- 4. While, during the time that, at the same time that.
- 5. Because, since, for the reason that.
- 6. To the degree that, in the same proportion that.