Synonyms for book
bʊkbook

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1. booknoun

   a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

   "I am reading a good book on economics"

   Synonyms:
   leger, script, volume, account book, record book, playscript, ledger, book of account, rule book, al-Qur'an, record

2. book, volumenoun

   physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

   "he used a large book as a doorstop"

   Synonyms:
   leger, script, volume, account book, loudness, bulk, mass, record book, intensity, playscript, ledger, book of account, rule book, al-Qur'an, record

3. record, record book, booknoun

   a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

   "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"

   Synonyms:
   disc, phonograph record, platter, account book, rule book, record, disk, phonograph recording, ledger, al-Qur'an, criminal record, book of account, track record, volume, script, playscript, record book, leger

4. script, book, playscriptnoun

   a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

   Synonyms:
   leger, script, book of account, account book, handwriting, record book, playscript, volume, hand, rule book, ledger, al-Qur'an, record

5. ledger, leger, account book, book of account, booknoun

   a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

   "they got a subpoena to examine our books"

   Synonyms:
   leger, script, account book, playscript, record book, daybook, volume, book of account, rule book, ledger, al-Qur'an, record

6. booknoun

   a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game

   Synonyms:
   leger, script, volume, account book, record book, playscript, ledger, book of account, rule book, al-Qur'an, record

7. book, rule booknoun

   a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made

   "they run things by the book around here"

   Synonyms:
   leger, script, volume, account book, record book, playscript, ledger, book of account, rule book, al-Qur'an, record

8. Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Booknoun

   the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

   Synonyms:
   leger, al-Qur'an, volume, playscript, record book, script, ledger, rule book, book of account, account book, record

9. Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Wordnoun

   the sacred writings of the Christian religions

   "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"

   Synonyms:
   password, account book, parole, rule book, record, ledger, news, tidings, countersign, watchword, discussion, book of account, sacred scripture, give-and-take, intelligence, volume, leger, script, word of honor, playscript, record book, al-Qur'an

10. booknoun

    a major division of a long written composition

    "the book of Isaiah"

    Synonyms:
    leger, script, volume, account book, record book, playscript, ledger, book of account, rule book, al-Qur'an, record

11. bookverb

    a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge

    "he bought a book of stamps"

    Synonyms:
    leger, script, volume, account book, record book, playscript, ledger, book of account, rule book, al-Qur'an, record

12. bookverb

    engage for a performance

    "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"

    Synonyms:
    reserve, hold

13. reserve, hold, bookverb

    arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

    "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, retain, earmark, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, defend, take hold, allow, deem, hold up, arrest, take, have, concord, check, make, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, halt, keep, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, set aside, bind, confine, have got, restrain, withstand, agree, hold in, appropriate, contain, harbour, maintain, guard, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, declare, bear

14. bookverb

    record a charge in a police register

    "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"

    Synonyms:
    reserve, hold

15. bookverb

    register in a hotel booker

    Synonyms:
    reserve, hold

Matched Categories

1. • Cards
   • Collection
   • Fact
   • Publication
   • Record
   • Register
   • Sacred Text
   • Schedule
   • Section

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1. novelnoun

   they are similar because both tell a long story.

   the novel she is reading is very interesting.

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. booknoun

   Synonyms:
   work, volume

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1. booknoun

   Synonyms:
   volume, tome (ponderous), manual, publication, biograph, monograph, polygraph, anthology

   Associated words:
   bibliography, bibliolater, bibliomania, bibliophobia, format, facture, biblioclast, bibliognost, stichometry, cahier, imprimatur, ex libris, edition, collation, elzevir, bibliophilism, library, collaboration

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1. List of paraphrases for "book":

   paper, workbook, books, livre, pound, free, carnet, buch, accountant, libro, ledger, writers, cahier, accounting, booklet, £, yearbook, delivers, bookie, cookbook, pounds, bible, manual, chaillot, notebook, workbooks, annuaire, textbook, reserve

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How to use book in a sentence?

1. Timothy Beal:

   I had one student who was reading Revelation outside on the waterfront and she fell asleep and woke up in the middle of a thunderstorm. She had an absolute panic attack because she felt like she was in the book.

2. Paul Needham:

   I'm just very happy that a national treasure of Italy is going back to a great library in Italy, the American owner really did the right thing. It must be very disappointing to learn that years later, a book you bought that you paid a lot of money for turns out to be stolen.

3. Sid Taylor:

   Wisdom is perishable. Unlike information or knowledge, it cannot be stored in a computer or recorded in a book. It expires with each passing generation.

4. Tom Tooma:

   If the cornea was a 500-page book, the inlay goes at about page 200.

5. Michael Wood:

   This book is startling in its range of voices and registers, running from the patois of the street posse to The Book of Revelation, it is a representation of political times and places, from the CIA intervention in Jamaica to the early years of crack gangs in New York and Miami.