as in writer
a person who is skilled with words
From a young age he showed talent as a wordsmith, always putting thoughts to paper with eloquence and ease.
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Recent Examples of wordsmith
Gips is one of the many unsung heroes of Hollywood, a wordsmith who encapsulated a film that may not have otherwise attracted the public’s attention.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
King Kyle Lee, a local artist and leader of the Anti Bullying Gang, helped make McKinnon’s hope turn into a reality, bringing a make-shift recording studio to the young wordsmith’s hospital room to lay down vocals for his track.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025
McLaughlin is a rhythm guitarist and thoughtful wordsmith who, alongside Prine, counted Johnny Cash and blues legend Taj Mahal, among many other notable figures as fans.
—Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
The contest will be judged by a diverse panel of publishing professionals and wordsmiths, including literary lions, MFA program faculty, prominent literary agents, library leaders, festival directors, along with members of Acorn’s editorial team.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
King Kyle Lee, a local artist and leader of the Anti Bullying Gang, helped make McKinnon’s hope turn into a reality, bringing a make-shift recording studio to the young wordsmith’s hospital room to lay down vocals for his track.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025
McLaughlin is a rhythm guitarist and thoughtful wordsmith who, alongside Prine, counted Johnny Cash and blues legend Taj Mahal, among many other notable figures as fans.
—Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
The contest will be judged by a diverse panel of publishing professionals and wordsmiths, including literary lions, MFA program faculty, prominent literary agents, library leaders, festival directors, along with members of Acorn’s editorial team.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordsmith
Noun
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Associated Press writer Jill Lawless in London contributed to this report.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Lewinsky survived a White House scandal to become an activist, writer, producer, public speaker, contributing editor to Vanity Fair and now podcaster.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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But in little more than an hour, their questions and comments will lead the 25-year-old Winner, an Air Force veteran and linguist working for a National Security Agency contractor, to confess to mailing a classified intelligence document to a news organization.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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These rules are simplified from a set proposed by anthropologist Brent Berlin and linguist Paul Kay in 1969.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordsmith. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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