ARTISTS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

artists

noun

plural of artist

as in experts

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field a pitcher who is a strikeout artist

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Recent Examples of artists Warming to his theme, Roberts pushed back at the sometimes-combative relationship between artists and those dishing out public funds. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026 The artists chosen for MATRIX shows are invited to rethink the entire space in a way that best suits their work. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 The vast majority of artists who have stopped recording and releasing new music disappear from the rankings and are often never seen again. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 For all Cook has meant to the artists who have come after her, Snider was her sounding board. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026 One example is its partnership with The Wallis on programming including Live Reads, which brings together film and performing-arts audiences and artists for one-night only staging of screenplays. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026 Call for artists to exhibit The city of Encinitas is putting out a call for San Diego County artists to exhibit their artwork. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 Liaison Pictures serves not only as a bridge between capital and creatives, but as a comprehensive support system for artists to fully develop their stories and ideas, according to Hinkel. — Ed Meza, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026 Kansas City artists, comedians, entrepreneurs and other figures from the city’s nightlife scene filtered through the business, including people who had shared stages, studios and social spaces with McGee. — Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Meet the experts Taylor Carter is a hairstylist based in Boston.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Aug. 2026
The reduction will likely worsen existing delays and exacerbate transit fees, experts say.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of experts

Noun

In Europe, groups of scholars have banded together to investigate allegations of plagiarism.

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Until governments, investors, scholars, and development institutions can agree on how eligibility, disclosure, and performance translate across them, much of this capital will remain difficult to deploy at scale.

— Alaa Murabit, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of scholars

Noun

The energetic margins may be condemned by the masters of cities, but cities would not be the same without them.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026
Thousands have attended Energy Healing Conference events in Utah, Montana and Idaho, where breathwork practitioners, Reiki masters and herbalists gather to dispense ancient wisdom.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of masters

Noun

Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of adepts

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The decade featured some of the most revered and celebrated virtuosos to ever walk the planet, both critically and commercially.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Other guitar virtuosos might crave at least a little downtime between concluding a Las Vegas concert residency with one band and launching a national tour with another band, not but Joe Satriani.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of virtuosos

Noun

Typically, at this age, the B and C-listers typically turn into self-help gurus who suddenly start praying to some butterfly goddess while on a retreat in Costa Rica.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
When first stepping on the Scarlet Lady, cruisers are met with a rousing, upbeat staff that serve as gurus around the ship and are experts on everything from beauty to juicing.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

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