1.  designer(n = noun.person) decorator, house decorator, interior decorator, interior designer, room decorator - a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings;
is a kind of specialiser, specialist, specializer
has particulars: charles eames, eames
Derived form verb design₅

2.  designer(n = noun.person) architect - someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings);
is a kind of creator
has particulars: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper, landscapist, ithiel town, town, aalto, alvar aalto, hugo alvar henrik aalto, adam, robert adam, alberti, leon battista alberti, behrens, peter behrens, berlage, hendrik petrus berlage, bernini, giovanni lorenzo bernini, bramante, donato bramante, donato d'agnolo bramante, breuer, marcel lajos breuer, brunelleschi, filippo brunelleschi, bullfinch, charles bullfinch, burnham, daniel hudson burnham, butterfield, william butterfield, carrere, john merven carrere, chambers, sir william chambers, william chambers, de l'orme, delorme, philibert de l'orme, philibert delorme, buckminster fuller, fuller, r. buckminster fuller, richard buckminster fuller, garnier, jean louis charles garnier, antonio gaudi, antonio gaudi i cornet, gaudi, gaudi i cornet, cass gilbert, gilbert, giotto, giotto di bondone, gropius, walter gropius, hastings, thomas hastings, hoffmann, josef hoffmann, horta, victor horta, hunt, richard morris hunt, jenny, william le baron jenny, inigo jones, jones, kahn, louis isadore kahn, henri labrouste, labrouste, benjamin henry latrobe, latrobe, charles edouard jeanneret, le corbusier, charles l'enfant, l'enfant, pierre charles l'enfant, da vinci, leonardo, leonardo da vinci, lin, maya lin, adolf loos, loos, lutyens, sir edwin landseer luytens, sir edwin lutyens, francois mansart, mansart, charles follen mckim, mckim, erich mendelsohn, mendelsohn, michelangelo, michelangelo buonarroti, ludwig mies van der rohe, mies van der rohe, mills, robert mills, nervi, pier luigi nervi, andrea palladio, palladio, joseph paxton, paxton, sir joseph paxton, i. m. pei, ieoh ming pei, pei, augustus welby northmore pugin, pugin, henry hobson richardson, richardson, eero saarinen, saarinen, eliel saarinen, saarinen, jacques germain soufflot, soufflot, albert speer, speer, edward durell stone, stone, strickland, william strickland, louis henri sullivan, louis henry sullivan, louis sullivan, sullivan, kenzo tange, tange, thornton, william thornton, richard upjohn, upjohn, john vanbrugh, sir john vanbrigh, vanbrugh, henri clemens van de velde, henri van de velde, van de velde, robert charles venturi, robert venturi, venturi, otto wagner, wagner, stanford white, white, sir christopher wren, wren, frank lloyd wright, wright, james wyatt, wyatt
Derived forms verb design₄, verb design₃

3.  designer(n = noun.person) graphic designer - someone who specializes in graphic design;
is a kind of specialiser, specialist, specializer

4.  designer(n = noun.person) intriguer - a person who devises plots or intrigues; "he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack"
is a kind of contriver, deviser, planner

5.  designer(n = noun.person) clothes designer, couturier, fashion designer - someone who designs clothing;
is a kind of creator
has particulars: costume designer, costumer, costumier, balenciaga, cristobal balenciaga, christian dior, dior, calvin klein, calvin richard klein, klein, elsa schiaparelli, schiaparelli, gianni versace, versace, charles frederick worth, worth
Derived forms verb design₃, verb design₅

designer, n.
1 a person who makes artistic designs or plans for construction, e.g. for clothing, machines, theatre sets; a draughtsman.
2 (attrib.) (of clothing etc.) bearing the name or label of a famous designer; prestigious.

Idiom:
designer drug a synthetic analogue, not itself illegal, of an illegal drug.

N  artist, painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver, master, old master, draftsman, draughtsman, copyist, dauber, hack, enamel, enameler, enamelist, caricaturist, historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter, engraver, Apelles, sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary, Phidias, Praxiteles, Royal Academician, photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff, wildlife photographer, photo safari, with gun and camera.

N  plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep- laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation), forecast, program, programme, prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant, planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.

clothes designer, costume designer, designer drug, fashion designer, interior designer