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
Noun
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This year, the four debut categories that make up the filmmaker new talent longlists include 12 first-time fiction feature directors, 13 first-time feature documentary directors, 16 first-time writers, and 16 breakthrough producers.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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Palmer didn’t share her manuscript with anyone, including her husband, Estep Nagy, who is a writer.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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This might compel me to reshape the narrator’s style and tone in hopes of conjuring a more engaging storyteller.—
Vauhini Vara,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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Colleagues saw her as a yenta, a mentor and a storyteller who was always tough and true to herself.—
NPR,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordsmith. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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