name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who forges iron.

   "The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases."

2. 2
   a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil wordnet
3. 3
   A person who shoes horses. informal
4. 4
   A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).

Verb

1. 1
   To work as a blacksmith. intransitive

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname originating as an occupation.

Synonyms

All synonyms

smithburn-the-windfarriergoldsmithironsmithironsmith

Example

More examples

"It's by smithing that one becomes a blacksmith."

Etymology

From black (color of forged iron) + smith (related to smite).

Related phrases

metal workerold jobsmithing metal

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.