Synonyms for pencil
ˈpɛn səl

Princeton's WordNet

1. pencil(noun)

   a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood

2. pencil(noun)

   graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication

   "the words were scribbled in pencil"; "this artist's favorite medium is pencil"

3. pencil(noun)

   a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point

4. pencil(verb)

   a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face

   "an eyebrow pencil"

5. pencil(verb)

   write, draw, or trace with a pencil

   "he penciled a figure"

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. pencil(n.)

   Synonyms:
   brush (made of hair or fine bristles)

2. pencil(n.)

   Synonyms:
   crayon

3. pencil(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   paint, depict, delineate, portray, sketch

4. pencil(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   mark or draw with a pencil

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "pencil":

   pen, crayon, eyeliner

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How to use pencil in a sentence?

1. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.

2. Salman Rushdie:

   The thing that I really resent is the way in which these, our dead comrades ... who died using the same implement that I use, which is a pen or pencil, have been almost immediately vilified and called racists and I don't know what else.

3. Ken Dodd:

   The man who invented cats’ eyes got the idea when he saw the eyes of a cat in his headlights. If the cat had been going the other way, he would have invented the pencil sharpener.

4. Strugatsky:

   When I feel bad, I work. When I have problems, when I'm depressed, when I'm bored with life, I sit down to my work. There are probably other prescriptions, but I don't know them. Or they don't work for me. You want my advice -- here it is Go and work. Thank God that people like you and me need only paper and pencil to work.

5. Carl Sandburg:

   Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper until you get the right answer.

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