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
The hyphen in Molly Jong-Fast’s last name bridges two distinct lineages of wordsmiths.
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Air Mail, 7 June 2025
Such talent is rare, but speaking to the most profound layers of our humanity is not solely the preserve of wordsmiths.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The two young wordsmiths representing Colorado at the Scripps National Spelling Bee were knocked out of the competition Wednesday.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 28 May 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
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Air Mail, 7 June 2025
Such talent is rare, but speaking to the most profound layers of our humanity is not solely the preserve of wordsmiths.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The two young wordsmiths representing Colorado at the Scripps National Spelling Bee were knocked out of the competition Wednesday.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 28 May 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordsmith
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Frankie first became a sports writer in 1991 at the Log Cabin Democrat in Conway and has served in the past as sports editor at the Siloam Springs Herald Leader and the Benton County Daily Record in Bentonville.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY, sign up for the email here.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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My father worked as a military linguist with a specialty in Mandarin Chinese and Russian.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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But that's nothing new, say linguists and others who study verbal communication.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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But Pullman’s abilities as a storyteller are stupendous, and on full display.—
Lev Grossman,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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That’s the work of EA’s extraordinary artists, designers, developers, storytellers, and innovator.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordsmith. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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