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

Your next web browser on Windows may be made by a smartphone maker. —James Peckham, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026

Of course, technology is a permanent part of education and social life, and smartphones offer real practical benefits. —John La Puma, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026

There, clients give up smartphones, gaming, social media, and other tech—often for months—and spend 24 to 30 hours a week in intensive therapy. —Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026

Analysts lowered estimates on concerns that sky-high memory prices are pressuring the smartphone market this year. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Mar. 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)