smiths

Craftsmen with hammers

Smiths is the plural of smith, a person who works metal by heating and hammering it into shape.

The word appears most often in compounds identifying the metal or product: blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, gunsmith, locksmith.

A wordsmith crafts language; a tunesmith writes melodies.

As a surname, Smith is the most common in English-speaking countries.

metalworking

forge

Furnace for shaping metal

farrier · bellows · tongs · horseshoes · metalsmith · wrought iron · apprentice · furnace · steel · tempering

band

Morrissey

alternative · 1980s · melancholy · post-punk · Strangeways · lyrics

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

Smithson · phonebook · census · clan · heritage

Categories
Opposites
craft method

smithswelders

Those who fuse metals

solderers · machinists · casters · molders

material worked

smithsweavers

Those who interlace threads

potters · carpenters · tailors · tanners · cobblers

creation vs destruction

smithsdestroyers

Fast armed naval vessels

scrappers · demolishers · dismantlers · wreckers · breakers

Phrases
Family

smith, locksmith, blacksmith, smithing, smithy, goldsmith, smithed, silversmith, gunsmith

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G