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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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Liebling didn’t profess to be the best wordsmith who ever lived, but he did say that he could write faster than anyone who could write better.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

“If there’s a way around that, sure, I’d be at the table saying, ‘Lawyers, wordsmith something to get out of that,’ ” McNeill said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 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

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.