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

Meta has been marketing smart glasses as a way to listen to audio, take phone calls, capture video and talk to its AI assistant without having to whip out a smartphone. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

For people who have spent years with a smartphone within arm's reach, intentionally putting it away feels significant. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Also on the agenda will be China’s stockpiles of rare earth minerals, essential to everything from smartphones to fighter jets. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Since sound is integral to a large number of modern devices like smartphones, potential applications could also evolve in these fields. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 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)