Home › Words › G › gagsmithgagsmith/ˈɡæɡ.smɪθ/gagsmith means A comedy writer.gagsmith is pronounced /ˈɡæɡ.smɪθ/.EtymologyFrom gag + smith.nounA comedy writer.e.g.“A Night at the Opera remains the Marx brothers' finest film, a serendipitous sample of the professional gagsmith's craft allied to preordained characters […]” — 2002 June 28, Simon Louvish, “Simply the best”, in The Guardian:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.comedist 62% match — A writer of comedies. vs gagsmith →gaggery 61% match — The use of gags or jokes. vs gagsmith →comic 60% match — Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. vs gagsmith →funnyman 59% match — comedian vs gagsmith →adsmith 57% match — A writer of advertising copy. vs gagsmith →scriptwriter 55% match — A person who writes scripts. vs gagsmith →comedienne 53% match — A female comedian. vs gagsmith →songsmith 53% match — A writer of songs. vs gagsmith →