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

Tech tutors help seniors with technology, including computers, laptops and smartphones during one-hour sessions at the SSCE computer lab on a flexible schedule. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026

In addition to its military value, Greenland has uranium, iron, and rare earth minerals, a group of 17 metals valued for their use in advanced industries from smartphones to MRI machines to weapons systems. —Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026

Tips may also be submitted anonymously through the P3 Tips smartphone app. —Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026

As Grok app downloads rise in Apple and Google app stores, lawmakers and advocates are calling for the smartphone makers to prohibit the application. —Calmatters, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 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)