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

Crowds of bird fans carrying smartphones and cameras are craning daily for a look at its silly walk, while mostly maintaining a respectful distance. —ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026

Ed Masley Weather can make all the difference at an outdoor music festival, as anyone who’s shivered through a cold and rainy night to see their favorite band (or couldn’t take selfies because their smartphone powered down to save itself from the excessive heat) can tell you. —Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 9 Apr. 2026

Bokan represents one of America’s few solutions to offset our dangerous reliance on Chinese minerals critical to everything from smartphones to fighter jets. —Kelly Sloan, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026

For example, Apple Messages and Google Messages both currently support the RCS standard, and at long last, Android smartphones can also use Apple’s AirDrop standard. —David Nield, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 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)