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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs design and designate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

designed
  1. created according to a design
  2. (dated) Planned; designated.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. studied, deliberate, calculated, considered, knowing, planned, intentional, conscious, premeditated, purposeful, measured, reasoned, advised, wilful, aforethought, thoughtful, prepense, willful, voluntary, volitional, weighed, careful, contrived, prepared, willing, examined, investigated, studious, mannered, affected, artificial, feigned, forced, guarded, labored, laboured, strained, overdone, overworked, plotted, reviewed, thought-out, self-conscious, well-considered, thought-about, thought-through, gone into, intended, purposive, done on purpose … more
designer
  1. Created by a designer, especially a fashion designer.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fashionable, stylish, chic, trendy, exclusive, upscale, expensive, upmarket, voguish, smart, hip, modish, cool, fly, natty, snazzy, in, happening, in vogue, a la mode, sharp, contemporary, trendsetting, swank, spiffy, dashing, sassy, fresh, swish, chichi, kicky, supercool, with it, now, snappy, groovy, on fleek, tony, au courant, schmick, swell, dapper, nifty, kicking, all the rage, elegant, hot, dressy, modern, latest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I could see him on my doorstep, in his designer jeans with flowers in his hand, day after day, pretty as a commercial until you looked into his eyes.”
      “The campaign plays to the love-hate relationship young audiences have with in-crowd elitism – limited-edition sneakers, VIP entry at clubs, wearing designer tech – which it underlines with a reorchestration of the Tears For Fears hit, Mad World.”
designate
  1. Designated; appointed; chosen.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. elect, in waiting, to be
  3. Examples:
      4. “Our cameras now take you to the Central Polling Office to hear from the Prime Minister designate.”
designful
  1. Full of designs; scheming.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unforced, voluntary, volitional, deliberate, wilful, willing, freewill, willful, intended, witting, uncoerced, willed, autonomous, intentional, volunteer, spontaneous, unprompted, gratuitous, unbidden, free, uncompelled, chosen, unasked, discretional, unconstrained, elected, freely, honorary, independent, opted, optional, unpaid, unprescribed, wished, self-imposed, free-willed, calculated, planned, conscious, purposeful, premeditated, knowing, considered, purposive, designed, aforethought, predetermined, preconceived, done on purpose, thought out in advance … more
designated
  1. Having a specified designation
  2. Synonyms:
      3. stated, declared, indicated, identified, specified, listed, quantified, defined, stipulated, noted, detailed, established, fixed, settled, assigned, confirmed, prescribed, set, decided, laid down, postulated, qualified, spelled out, allotted, commissioned, explicit, given, laid out, nominated, prearranged, predetermined, preset, delineated, particular, agreed, specific, named, appointed, certain, known, assumed, marked, displayed, shown, labeled, labelled, titled, pointed out, firm, inflexible … more
designing
  1. artful; scheming
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cunning, crafty, sly, wily, devious, artful, scheming, guileful, tricky, shrewd, deceitful, foxy, dishonest, calculating, underhand, subtle, unscrupulous, slick, treacherous, crooked, Machiavellian, sharp, astute, dodgy, canny, conniving, beguiling, cagey, cute, insidious, cagy, manipulative, intriguing, plotting, conspiring, observant, heedful, double-dealing, sneaky, duplicitous, shifty, slippery, deceptive, disingenuous, shady, slim, clever, underhanded, unprincipled, cheating … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In the hands of a designing executive, a standing army was the classic instrument of liberticide.”
designerly
  1. Characteristic of a designer.
designatable
  1. That can be designated
designatory
  1. Serving to designate.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. denotative, indicative, denotive, indicatory, denoting, signifying, implying, referring, designative, expressed, exhibitive, exhibitory, significant, representative, telltale, reflective, suggestive, emblematic, characteristic, symbolic, symptomatic, demonstrative, evincive, evidential, expressive, prognostic, connotative, significatory, indicial, diagnostic, testimonial, testatory, auspicious, ominous, inauspicious, augural, pointing to, revealing, telling, evocative, typical, allusive, remindful, insinuative, implicative, redolent, meaningful, evocatory, giveaway, informative … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Names descriptive or designatory of these forms are frequently applied to them.”
      “It publishes and maintains the Register of Qualified Dispute Resolvers and awards the designatory letters QDR to those on the register.”
      “As the grades and designatory letters appear in the Bylaws, permission for this change needs to be sought from Privy Council.”
designative
  1. Serving to designate.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. denotative, indicatory, indicative, denotive, denoting, signifying, designatory, expressed, implying, referring, symbolic, characteristic, suggestive, representative, emblematic, significant, typical, demonstrative, symptomatic, evidential, diagnostic, pointing to, telltale, revealing, reflective, exhibitive, evocative, expressive, telling, evincive, significatory, connotative, prognostic, indicial, testimonial, ominous, testatory, auspicious, inauspicious, augural, apocalyptic, individual, distinctive, peculiar, distinguishing, distinct, identifying, discriminating, proper, classic … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The designative meaning is very obvious.”
designable
  1. Capable of being designed.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The output specification is to formulate a flexible designable building.”
designy
  1. Characterised by design.
designerless
  1. Without a designer.
designless
  1. Without design.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. irregular, erratic, inconsistent, inconstant, unsteady, fluctuating, unstable, variable, volatile, sporadic, intermittent, spasmodic, capricious, random, changeable, unsettled, uneven, varying, fitful, wavering, uncertain, episodic, changing, shifting, casual, unreliable, discontinuous, aperiodic, haphazard, patchy, episodical, nonuniform, unsystematic, desultory, spotty, unmethodical, choppy, disconnected, indiscriminate, occasional, jerky, shaky, scattershot, infrequent, eccentric, unequal, aimless, catchy, fragmentary, unpunctual … more
designating
  1. present participle of designate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. calling, labelling, labeling, naming, terming, dubbing, styling, christening, entitling, pronouncing, tagging, branding, classifying, denominating, nominating, baptising, baptizing, classing, defining, describing, titling, billing, characterising, characterizing, cleping, denoting, indicating, specifying, stipulating, authorising, authorizing, deputising, deputizing, individualising, individualizing, nicknaming, referring to, marking, stamping, describing as, addressing, identifying, categorizing, categorising, giving the title of, hailing as, giving a name to, identifying as, benaming, portraying … more
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