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
Such talent is rare, but speaking to the most profound layers of our humanity is not solely the preserve of wordsmiths.
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Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
He might be best known as the Minnesota-via-Brooklyn frontman of the Hold Steady, a punk bar-band wordsmith specializing in down-and-out tales with a Midwest flavor.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Clad in vibrant orange — a color aligning with his most recent album, Toda Época Tiene Su Encanto, which dropped September 2024 — the Puerto Rican wordsmith and his 12-member troupe brought a genre-bending set to the stage.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 1 May 2025
Poetry remains an exciting place where lyrical wordsmiths turn truth into art.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
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Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
He might be best known as the Minnesota-via-Brooklyn frontman of the Hold Steady, a punk bar-band wordsmith specializing in down-and-out tales with a Midwest flavor.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Clad in vibrant orange — a color aligning with his most recent album, Toda Época Tiene Su Encanto, which dropped September 2024 — the Puerto Rican wordsmith and his 12-member troupe brought a genre-bending set to the stage.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 1 May 2025
Poetry remains an exciting place where lyrical wordsmiths turn truth into art.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordsmith
Noun
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Our theme this year was the enemy within for the writers’ room.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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When work evokes an involuntary emotional response, that is this writer's threshold for the definition of Art.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Correspondences such as these are addressed in more detail by what’s called Grimm’s Law, a system of patterns named for the nineteenth-century linguist and folklorist Jacob Grimm—yep, the same Grimm who, along with the other Grimm brother, Wilhelm, published Grimm’s Fairy Tales.—
Martha Barnette
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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Institutions are rolling out detection software, cracking down on AI use in syllabi, and encouraging faculty to read student work like forensic linguists.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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In a world that grows increasingly interconnected, the role of a creative storyteller is to bridge cultural divides while honoring the unique voices of each community.—
Colin Dougan,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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The jury is made up of experienced filmmakers, storytellers and industry insiders, including Paton Oswalt, Fred Durst, Otessa Moshfegh, Aaron Schimberg, Mercedes Bryce, Brandon Hill and more.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordsmith. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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