smith

/smɪθ/

smith noun: a craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.

Noun

smith (plural smiths)

A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
- The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining.1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13
(broadly) One who makes anything; wright.
(archaic) An artist.

Verb

smith (third-person singular simple present smiths, present participle smithing, simple past and past participle smithed)

To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.
- Sigurd took the very best sword
  That the Dwarfs had ever smithed.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 258

Proper noun capitalized: Smith

Smith (countable and uncountable, plural Smiths)

An English surname originating as an occupation (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).
- Patingham selmonger, who, as it was reported, reneuced the Arians opinion before he dyed. The xvi. daye were burned [at the stake], at Staines. Robert Smith[,] painter, who in the tyme of his imprisonment, wrate byuers thinges in Metre, which were after put in print. At Stortford Stephan Harwoode...1559, Thomas Lanquet, Thomas Cooper, Robert Crowley, An Epitome of Cronicles, London: Thomas Marshe
- This ſyſtem, as it was much eſteemed by many antient fathers of the chriſtian church, ſo after the reformation it was adopted by feveral divines of the moſt eminent piety and learning and of the moſt amiable manners; particularly, by Dr. Ralph Cudworth, by Dr. Henry More, and by Mr. John Smith of...1759, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, pages 360–361
A male given name transferred from the surname.
An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.
An unincorporated community in York County, South Carolina.
A small unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, named for an early settler family.
A ghost town in Humboldt County, California.

Synonyms:

Smiths Turnout
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Smith Township.
A hamlet in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, northern Alberta, Canada.
A river in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, a tributary of the Umpqua River.
A river in Montana, United States, a tributary of the Missouri.
A river in Yukon and British Columbia, Canada, a tributary of the Liard River.

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A river in Virginia and North Carolina, United States, a tributary of the Dan River.
A river in California, United States, flowing from the Klamath Mountains into the Pacific.
A river in New Hampshire, United States, a tributary of the Pemigewasset River.
A river in Linn County, Oregon, United States, a tributary of the McKenzie River.
A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Montmorency River.
Smith College (a women's college in Massachusetts, U.S.)

smith meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

smith in Hindi

craftsperson who works metal — see also blacksmith: लोहार lohār

smith in Tamil

craftsperson who works metal — see also blacksmith: கொல்லன் kollaṉ

smith in Marathi

craftsperson who works metal — see also blacksmith: कमार kamār

smith in Urdu

سمتھ, اسمتھ

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smith in Bengali: কামার kamar
smith in Telugu: లోహకారుడు lōhakāruḍu
smith in Malayalam: ലോഹപ്പണിചെയ്യുന്നവൻ ലോഹപ്പണിക്കാരൻ, കൊല്ലൻ, കൈവേലക്കാരൻ, നിർമ്മാതാവ്
smith in Kannada: ಕಮ್ಮಾರ kammāra
smith in Punjabi: ਸਮਿਥ, ਸਮਿੱਥ
smith in Gujarati: સ્મિથને, સ્મિથ
smith in Odia: କମାର kamāra
smith in Sinhala: කඹුරා kaᵐburā
smith in Assamese: কমাৰ komar
smith in Nepali: लौहकार lauhakār
smith in Arabic: حَدَّاد ḥaddād, قَيْن qayn
smith in Malay: pandai, tukang
smith in Persian: پتکدار potkdār, مدکش madkaš
smith in Thai: ช่างตีเหล็ก châang-dtii-lèk
Dhivehi: ކަނބުރު kaᵐburu

Examples of smith in a sentence

Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff.
Smith started the game in the centre of midfield, but moved to the wing after 30 minutes.
Smith announced he was the party's candidate for the next election.

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Synonyms of smith

Smiths Turnout
metalsmith
metalworker

Forms of smith

Noun
plural	smiths
Verb
third-person singular present	smiths
present participle	smithing
past participle	smithed
past	smithed
Proper noun
plural	Smiths
alternative form	Smithe
alternative form	Smyth
alternative form	Smythe

Plural of smith: smiths

Origin of smith

From Middle English smeth, smith, smiþ, smið, smyth, smythe, smyþ, smyþe, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smear, spread”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German Schmid, schméd, schmét, schmìd (“smith”), Bavarian schmidt, schmit, sghmiid (“smith”), Cimbrian smit, smitt (“smith”), Dutch smid (“smith”), German Schmied, Schmidt (“smith”), Low German Smidd, Smitt (“smith”), Luxembourgish Schmadd (“smith”), Mòcheno schmi' (“smith”), Vilamovian śmejt (“blacksmith”), Yiddish שמיד (shmid, “blacksmith, smith”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish smed (“smith”), Elfdalian smið (“smith”), Faroese and Icelandic smiður (“smith”), Gothic *𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (*smiþa, “smith”) (whence 𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (aizasmiþa, “coppersmith”)); also Greek σμίλη (smíli, “chisel”).

From Middle English smythen (“to work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); to create, work as a blacksmith”), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”), from Proto-West Germanic *smiþōn, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.

From smith or Middle English Smith (“a surname”), alternative form of Smyth, itself from smyth (“smith”). Doublet of Schmidt, Smid, and Smit.

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Questions about smith

What does smith mean?: Smith means a craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
What is smith in Hindi?: Smith in Hindi is लोहार (lohār). See Smith meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is smith?: Smith can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce smith?: Smith is pronounced /smɪθ/.
What is the plural of smith?: The plural of smith is smiths.

Words near smith in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: smith (page history and authors); Smith (page history and authors); smith (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smith (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); smith (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smith (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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