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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The High Potential writers are currently mapping out the new season.—
Scott Huver,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, the savvy writer Jack Thorne had a hand in both shows.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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My obsession with this topic started with research from linguist Andrew Bray.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
12 Feb. 2025
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But the cognitive scientist Asifa Majid, now of Oxford, and the linguist Niclas Burenhult, of Lund University, in Sweden, have shown that this needn’t be the case.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Planes, rockets, and the spaces in between (2018) – at the time, the largest painting executed by Amy Sherald – was some three years in the making after the master painter and storyteller of the contemporary African American experience in the United States stretched the massive canvas.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Still, memory is the theme of several poetic passages of dialogue between Ren and her lover, and, as a professional storyteller, her personal experiences inevitably shape her work.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordsmith. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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