Synonyms for PEN
pɛnpen

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1. pennoun

   a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

   Synonyms:
   penitentiary, playpen

2. pennoun

   an enclosure for confining livestock

   Synonyms:
   penitentiary, playpen

3. playpen, pennoun

   a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

   Synonyms:
   penitentiary, playpen, pen

4. penitentiary, pennoun

   a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

   Synonyms:
   penitentiary, playpen, pen

5. penverb

   female swan

   Synonyms:
   penitentiary, playpen

6. 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, write

Matched Categories

1. • Correctional Institution
   • Enclosure
   • Writing Implement

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. penverb

   Synonyms:
   write, compose, indite

2. penverb

   Synonyms:
   incage, coop, confine, enclose, impound, imprison, incarcerate, shut up, shut in, hem in, wall in, rail in

3. pennoun

   Synonyms:
   enclosure, COOP, PENFOLD, pinfold, pound

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. pennoun

   Synonyms:
   coop, sty, cote, enclosure, hutch, paddock, pound, pinfold, corral, stockade

2. penverb

   Synonyms:
   confine, coop, encage, corral

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

1. List of paraphrases for "pen":

   pencil, feather, plume, stylus, crayon, nep, aup, paddock, quill, ink

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How to use PEN in a sentence?

1. President Obama:

   As we speak, Congress is working to fix the Medicare physician payment system. I have my pen ready to sign a good bipartisan bill.

2. Honore' de Balzac:

   I am a galley slave to pen and ink.

3. Michael Kamali:

   We have n’t had anyone come into our department who tried to do this with a ballpoint pen, and I hope we don’t, i don’t think the outcome would be too good.

4. Suzanne Nossel:

   PEN America is reeling from shock and horror at the word of a brutal, premeditated attack on our former President and stalwart ally, Sir Salman Rushdie, who was reportedly stabbed multiple times while on stage speaking at the Chautauqua Institute in upstate New York, we can think of no comparable incident of a public attack on a literary writer on American soil.

5. Edward Bulwer-Lytton:

   Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword.