Yes, you can create workflows for SharePoint lists in SharePoint Designer, but they aren't the most robust workflows you may need for your organization.

Microsoft on Monday gave notice that it will be ending support this year for the 'workflows' component of SharePoint 2010 Online, as well as deprecating that component for SharePoint 2013 Online.

SharePoint 2013 workflows for automating common business processes can be deployed as SharePoint apps built using Visual Studio.

Support for Legacy Workflows still exists in SharePoint 2013, but designers now also have additional features in SharePoint Designer.

Reusable workflows are attached to a particular content type and can be created only using SharePoint Designer. Prior to SharePoint 2013, SharePoint workflows used the same application pool to run ...