Definitions

wordsmith

[wurd-smith] / ˈwɜrdˌsmɪθ /

NOUN

author

Synonyms

STRONGEST

biographer columnist composer creator journalist poet producer reporter writer

STRONG

essayist ghost ghostwriter originator playwright scribbler scribe

WEAK

ink slinger prose writer scripter word slinger work-for-hire

NOUN

lexicographer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

linguist

STRONG

etymologist glossarist lexicologist philologist phonetician phonologist polyglot

WEAK

definer dictionarist dictionary editor dictionary maker glossarian glossographer glossologist glottologist lexicographist philologer philologian phoneticist vocabulist

NOUN

man of letters

Synonyms

WEAK

belletrist brain educated person intellectual literary craftsman literary scholar litterateur savant scholar walking encyclopedia

NOUN

writer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

author biographer columnist correspondent critic dramatist editor essayist journalist novelist poet reporter screenwriter

STRONG

contributor freelancer ghostwriter scribbler scribe stenographer stringer

WEAK

newspaper person person of letters scripter

Antonyms

WEAK

reader

Example Sentences

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Lorenz Hart was a great American wordsmith, and a great American catastrophe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Until recently considered a sign of carelessness or even stupidity, the error is now seen by some to be the indelible fingerprint of a human wordsmith.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

An astute wordsmith who writes novels in between TV shows, the Austin, Texas-based creator and showrunner excels in telling faux true-crime stories from the heartland populated with dead bodies, homespun wit and morally conflicted characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

That is according to responses to a tongue-in-cheek tweet from Countdown wordsmith and lexicographer Susie Dent.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

I'm no wordsmith, but I'm just gonna do my best.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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