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
Longtime Courier Journal columnist Bob Hill has always been a wordsmith but wasn't always a writer.
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Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
Perry knew that wordsmith songwriters needed hooks as well.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
In terms of lyricism, 21 Savage ranks himself as the top wordsmith currently rapping out of Atlanta.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Soldi—a wordsmith, calligrapher and designer—is the brand guardian, infusing each property with her whimsical, signature touch, while Perduca masterminds the interior design.
—Jenn Rice, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
Perry knew that wordsmith songwriters needed hooks as well.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
In terms of lyricism, 21 Savage ranks himself as the top wordsmith currently rapping out of Atlanta.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Soldi—a wordsmith, calligrapher and designer—is the brand guardian, infusing each property with her whimsical, signature touch, while Perduca masterminds the interior design.
—Jenn Rice, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordsmith
Noun
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Cooper reported from Tempe, Ariz. AP writers Linley Sanders in Washington and Isabella Volmert in Flint, Mich., contributed to this report.—
Jonathan J. Cooper and Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, also known as the World Wine Guys, are wine, spirits, food, and travel writers, educators, and hosts.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Details like these aren’t just arcana for linguists to obsess over.—
Bob Holmes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
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Conrad Gessner, the sixteenth-century Swiss physician, naturalist, and linguist, and reputedly the first European to describe the guinea pig, the tulip, and the pencil, is also said to be the first to write extensively about the northern bald ibis.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Minter is also a corporate strategist, a farmer, historian, storyteller, and HBCU advocate.—
Will Minter,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2025
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Young Harper needs a story to sleep, but the storytellers can’t agree on how the story should go.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordsmith. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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