Synonyms for write
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. writeverb

   To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

   How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?

   Synonyms:
   display, mark, author, scribble, indicate, show, scrawl, pen, inscribe

2. writeverb

   To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

   My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

   Synonyms:
   show, author, display, indicate, scrawl, pen, inscribe, mark, scribble

3. writeverb

   To send written information to.

   Synonyms:
   show, scrawl, pen, scribble, inscribe, mark, author, display, indicate

4. writeverb

   To show (information, etc) in written form.

   The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.

   Synonyms:
   author, display, show, mark, scrawl, scribble, pen, inscribe, indicate

5. writeverb

   To be an author.

   I write for a living.

   Synonyms:
   mark, scrawl, author, display, pen, show, indicate, inscribe, scribble

6. writeverb

   To record (data) mechanically or electronically.

   The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.

   Synonyms:
   indicate, author, pen, inscribe, display, scrawl, show, mark, scribble

7. writeverb

   To fill in, to complete using words.

   I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.

   Synonyms:
   display, scrawl, inscribe, show, mark, scribble, indicate, author, pen

8. writeverb

   Synonyms:
   post

9. writeverb

   Synonyms:
   store, save

   Antonyms:
   load, read, retrieve

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. write

   Synonyms:
   approve, confirm, enact, enforce, establish, maintain, perpetuate, record, reenact, sustain, uphold

   Antonyms:
   abolish, abrogate, annul, blot out, cancel, cross off, cross out, discharge, efface, erase, expunge, make void, nullify, obliterate, quash, remove, repeal, rescind, revoke, rub off, rub out, scratch out, vacate

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 8 votes

1. write, compose, pen, inditeverb

   produce a literary work

   "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

   Synonyms:
   spell, draw up, compose, pen, compile, save, indite, publish, frame, drop a line

2. writeverb

   communicate or express by writing

   "Please write to me every week"

   Synonyms:
   publish, compose, drop a line, spell, save, indite, pen

3. publish, writeverb

   have (one's written work) issued for publication

   "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"

   Synonyms:
   issue, save, release, compose, pen, put out, spell, publish, indite, bring out, print, drop a line

4. write, drop a lineverb

   communicate (with) in writing

   "Write her soon, please!"

   Synonyms:
   spell, compose, pen, save, indite, publish, drop a line

5. writeverb

   communicate by letter

   "He wrote that he would be coming soon"

   Synonyms:
   publish, compose, drop a line, spell, save, indite, pen

6. compose, writeverb

   write music

   "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

   Synonyms:
   spell, save, draw up, compose, pen, publish, indite, compile, frame, drop a line

7. writeverb

   mark or trace on a surface

   "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"

   Synonyms:
   publish, compose, drop a line, spell, save, indite, pen

8. write, saveverb

   record data on a computer

   "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"

   Synonyms:
   save up, relieve, deliver, keep open, redeem, bring through, keep, spare, indite, drop a line, economize, economise, salve, compose, salvage, carry through, pull through, lay aside, pen, make unnecessary, publish, spell, hold open, preserve, save

9. spell, writeverb

   write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)

   "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"

   Synonyms:
   spell, import, save, compose, pen, publish, indite, spell out, drop a line

10. writeverb

    create code, write a computer program

    "She writes code faster than anybody else"

    Synonyms:
    publish, compose, drop a line, spell, save, indite, pen

Matched Categories

1. • Computing
   • Create
   • Create By Mental Act
   • Music
   • Record
   • Trace

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. writeadjective

   Synonyms:
   v. inscribe, scrawl, scribble, scratch

2. writeadjective

   Synonyms:
   compose, indite, produce, frame, pen, jot down, draw up, set down in writing, commit to paper, put on paper, dash off

3. writeverb

   Synonyms:
   compose, express one's self (in writing), put pen to paper, take pen in hand

4. writeverb

   Synonyms:
   write a letter, send a letter

5. writeverb

   Synonyms:
   tell (in writing), give account

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. writeverb

   Synonyms:
   inscribe, indite, superscribe (write on the top or outside of anything), subscribe

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "write":

   writing, writable, writeable, typing, writes, écrire, ecris, enter, type, handwriting, written, deed, drafting, spell, prepare

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How to use write in a sentence?

1. Colton Haab:

   I expected to be able to ask my questions and give my opinions on my questions, Colton Haab said told a local ABC affiliate, WPLG-TV. CNN had originally asked me to write a speech and questions, and it ended up being all scripted. The left-leaning cable news network denied the charge in a tweet, saying There is absolutely no truth to this. Colton Haab said Colton Haab was asked to prepare a speech and some questions, and Colton Haab was planning to ask about school safety, and the possibility of using veterans as armed security guards in schools, but was rejected by CNN. Colton Haab said that after being told Colton Haab had to ask a scripted question, Colton Haab decided not to attend the town hall. I don't think that it's going get anything accomplished. It's not gon na ask the true questions that all the parents and teachers and students have.

2. Joe Biden:

   So, now let us step up, write the next chapter in American history where Jan. 6 marks not the end of democracy, but the beginning of a renaissance of liberty and fair play, i did not seek this fight brought to this Capitol one year ago today, but I will not shrink from it either.

3. Paul Ryan:

   The Constitution is clear: The president is not permitted to write laws -- only Congress is.

4. Grantland Rice, "Alumunus Football," Only the Brave and Other Poems, p. 144 (1941):

   For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He marks-not that you won or lost- But how you played the game.

5. Benjamin A. Rooge:

   Give me control over a man's economic actions, and hence over his means of survival, and except for a few occasional heroes, I'll promise to deliver to you men who think and write and behave as I want them to.