architect

A person whose job is to design buildings and prepare plans for building them.

• The architect designed our house.
• We hired an architect to plan the extension.
• Several architects entered the competition for the new museum.

Similar words: building designer

Common phrases: hire an architect, architect designs something, local architect

A person who creates the main plan for an important event, change, or achievement.

• She was the architect of our success.
• The agreement’s chief architect refused to comment.
• He became known as an architect of economic reform.

How to use it: architect of something (She was the chief architect of the peace agreement.)

Similar words: planner, creator, mastermind

Common phrases: architect of something, chief architect, principal architect

To design or organize the main structure of a system, project, or plan.

• We need to architect a new system.
• She architected the company’s online payment platform.
• They are architecting a network that can handle more traffic.

Similar words: design, plan, organize

Common phrases: architect a system, architect a solution, architect something