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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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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

One honour the Salford-born wordsmith has agreed to accept is the 2025 Northern Music Award, which he will receive at a ceremony in Liverpool on Thursday.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

Such a wordsmith who doesn’t need pollsters and focus groups to tell him what to say is priceless.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 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.