Antonyms for write
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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

   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

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

Matched Categories

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

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1. writeverb

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

How to use write in a sentence?

1. Spencer Platt/Getty Images:

   Let's face it. If the kid can't read, if the child can't write, if the child can't function in a classroom atmosphere, how can [educators] anticipate creating a culturally diverse curriculum that is going to address that problem? so it's back to the basics. It's what I was raised with. It's what most Americans were raised with. It worked for our generations. Why are we changing it for this new generation, and in fact, handicapping them?

2. Steve Scalise:

   In fact, President Biden’s own CDC director said the vaccine does not prevent transmission, this is the same administration that allowed union bosses to write their own school reopening guidelines and has created mass confusion with their mixed public health messaging.

3. Donald Trump:

   Who knows, who knows, who cares right now, i have my own theory on Obama someday. I'll write a book. I'll do another book, it'll do very successfully.

4. Donald Trump:

   They would rarely write the facts or report what really took place. They never captured the energy of each event and it is a constant battle with them by my representatives to get an accurate count of the large crowds I draw, it is always wonderful to have the support of a newspaper, even a failing one, but this has only given me more motivation to fight harder in Iowa and Make America Great Again!

5. Mark S. Hertzog:

   There are authors who write to communicate, there are authors who write to impress themselves.

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