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. Lance Davis:

   Folks live in polyamorous relationships and have for probably forever. Right now, our laws deny their existence and that doesn't strike me as the right way to write laws at any level, hopefully this gives folks a legal foundation from which to have discussion. Maybe others will follow our lead.

2. Virginia Woolf, Diary, 17 February 1922:

   I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual.

3. Edward J. Burns:

   It is truly disheartening to see that despite our many efforts, spending countless hours trying to address this issue, that the police, whom we need most in helping us to combat abuse, write this document and participate in this search.

4. President Donald Trump aboard:

   Joe Biden didnt write that, that was written by a young man who got very good grades at a very goodschool.

5. John Osborne:

   And I realize that it is a big part of who I am : The way I think, the way I act, the way I perform. God, think of all the times that we talk about love, and write about love. It's the biggest thing we ever get to feel. And I've kept the veil on.