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. Robert Burton:

   Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.

2. 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.

3. Terpsichore Lindeman:

   He who controls the present, controls the pen that records the past and thus is the owner of the brush that paints the future.

4. Charles Dickens:

   'At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. ... We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices.'

5. Honore' de Balzac:

   I am a galley slave to pen and ink.