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

An illustration photo shows Moore Threads logo in a smartphone in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China on October 30, 2025. —Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025

Lithium-ion batteries power smartphones, laptops, electric vehicles (EVs), and grid-scale storage systems. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025

Reporters and photographers transmit from the scene of the news, sending stories, photos and videos from smartphones and laptops. —Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025

For individual items, there’s also the option to use a smartphone to attach an AirTag. —Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 16 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)