wordsmiths
Skilled prose creators
Wordsmiths are people skilled at crafting language—writers, poets, lyricists, or anyone who shapes words with care and precision.
The term treats language as raw material to be forged: The team's wordsmiths polished the campaign slogan.
As a verb, to wordsmith is to refine text, often with a hint of excessive fussing: We spent an hour wordsmithing the press release.
Creator of written works
- poetWriter of verse
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- journalistNews profession practitioner
copywriter · editor · playwright · lyricist · speechwriter · columnist · blogger · screenwriter
Unversified language
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- copywritingCreating promotional text
editing · drafting · revision · manuscript · narrative · dialogue · fiction · nonfiction
Vocabulary of a language
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- etymologyWord origin study
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
idiom · jargon · slang · dialect · lingo · argot · morphology · diction
Implied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
meter · rhyme · diction · syntax · cadence · tone · voice · style
Persuasive verbal grace
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- artistryExceptional creative skill
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- creativityCapacity for original thought
wit · cleverness · polish · finesse · command · deftness · virtuosity · craftsmanship
author
Creator of written works
journalist · copywriter · editor · playwright · lyricist · speechwriter · columnist · blogger · screenwriter · ghostwriter
prose
Unversified language
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
copywriting · editing · drafting · revision · manuscript · narrative · dialogue · fiction · nonfiction · essays
lexicon
Vocabulary of a language
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- etymologyWord origin study
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
vernacular · idiom · jargon · slang · dialect · lingo · argot · morphology · diction · connotation
metaphor
Implied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
assonance · meter · rhyme · diction · syntax · cadence · tone · voice · style · wordplay
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
creativity · wit · cleverness · polish · finesse · command · deftness · virtuosity · craftsmanship · skill
- word loverslogophile, logophiles, wordmonger, bibliophile, bibliophiles
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- spoken wordslam poetry, slam poets, poetry slam, performance poetry, recitation
wordsmithshacks
Quick improvised solutions
bunglers · illiterates · stammerers · mumblers · philistines
wordsmithsvisual artists
Creators of aesthetic imagery
painters · sculptors · musicians · mimes · number crunchers