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 council’s computer lab on a flexible schedule. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025

Last Mile coordinates food donors with a volunteer network of drivers via its smartphone app as leftover food becomes available. —Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2025

Volunteers must be 18 and must have a smartphone, as the information will be collected via an app. —Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025

The smartphone app is modeled off the Biden administration's CBP One platform. —Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025

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)