ILLUSTRATOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("illustrator" is a kind of...):

artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "illustrator"):

commercial artist (an illustrator who is supported by advertising)

Instance hyponyms:

Browne; Hablot Knight Browne; Phiz (English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882))

du Maurier; George du Maurier; George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (English writer and illustrator; grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896))

C. D. Gibson; Charles Dana Gibson; Gibson (United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the 'Gibson girl' (1867-1944))

Howard Pyle; Pyle (United States writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911))

Norman Rockwell; Rockwell (United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978))

Derivation:

illustrate (supply with illustrations)