sculptor

1. 1.

   an artist who creates sculptures

   Synonymssculpturercarverstatue maker

   Broaderartist

   NarrowerPraxitelessculptressBartholdiBerniniBrancusiCalderCelliniCrawfordDonatelloEpstein
2. 2.

   a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus

   Broaderconstellation

Other forms of sculptor

plural

sculptors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sculptor

What does sculptor mean?

sculptor means "an artist who creates sculptures". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sculptor?

sculptor has 2 syllables: sculp-tor. The stress falls on "sculp". In IPA it is /ˈskʌlptɚ/.

What is another word for sculptor?

Close synonyms include sculpturer, carver, statue maker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sculptor a common word?

sculptor is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.