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

With a smartphone, students can access more knowledge in seconds than previous generations could in years. — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

FinFETs helped manufacturers increase performance and energy efficiency across generations of smartphone, computer, and server processors. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

PhoneBot can use its smartphone camera to identify a person and adjust its movement to follow them. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Microdrama is another area that Toei has stepped into – producing Everyday Host Club, a 24×3-minute anime series, and a 30-episode short-form vertical drama, Meshimori Onna, made for smartphone screens. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 6 Nov. 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)