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
Back then, people fought for sport and who was the best wordsmith.
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Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Though the mainstream country's most successful wordsmith of the past decade, Gorley sang and played the keyboard along with Malone's hits.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
Longtime Courier Journal columnist Bob Hill has always been a wordsmith but wasn't always a writer.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
Perry knew that wordsmith songwriters needed hooks as well.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Though the mainstream country's most successful wordsmith of the past decade, Gorley sang and played the keyboard along with Malone's hits.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
Longtime Courier Journal columnist Bob Hill has always been a wordsmith but wasn't always a writer.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
Perry knew that wordsmith songwriters needed hooks as well.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordsmith
Noun
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How to remove labels from packages Rebecca Morin is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Meghan Rose is an astrologer, tarot reader, and writer based in Los Angeles.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The word originally referred to a list of prices in the context of shipping, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic told NPR.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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My obsession with this topic started with research from linguist Andrew Bray.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The boy who had once listened to enslaved storytellers had become a virtuoso yarn-spinner.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The two-day event is expected to bring together more than 550 storytellers across seven outdoor stages and 15 indoor venues.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordsmith. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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