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
As a wordsmith, something of who Gayden was as a man becomes evident.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 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
As a wordsmith, something of who Gayden was as a man becomes evident.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordsmith
Noun
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Great science-fiction writers, almost by definition, are masters of cognitive estrangement.—
Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Born and raised in New York, Lanie Goodman is an arts and travel writer based in the south of France since 1988.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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One of those dissenters was the linguist Mark Liberman, who lambasted the word numerous times over the years in his blog Language Log.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordsmith. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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