smartphone

noun

smart·​phone ˈsmärt-ˌfōn 

variants or less commonly smart phone

plural smartphones also smart phones

: a cell phone that includes additional software functions (such as email or an Internet browser)

Examples of smartphone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the European Commission wants other virtual assistants to be just as prominent on smartphones as Google’s Gemini and Apple’s Siri. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 July 2026

But operating a data center is in many ways more like running a steel mill than a smartphone app. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026

The device sits on her palm flipped to its side, so that the video Berkett films is vertical rather than horizontal — because most people will still watch it on their smartphone. — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 18 July 2026

AiCure Corporation has spent years addressing this challenge with its pioneering medication adherence solutions, which leverage AI to remotely monitor medication adherence through a patient’s smartphone. — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for smartphone

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone

Kids Definition

smartphone

noun

smart·​phone ˈsmärt-ˌfōn 

: a cell phone that includes additional functions (as email or an Internet browser)