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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As with Maggie O’Farrell’s original novel, “Hamnet” soft-pedals the reveal that Mescal’s pasty, ordinary-seeming father of three is the greatest wordsmith in English literature.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

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

The author's biographical information describes him as an "enigmatic wordsmith from the bustling streets of Glasgow" and a "rising star of the literary world".

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024

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

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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