Synonyms for write
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1. write, compose, pen, indite(verb)

   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. write(verb)

   communicate or express by writing

   "Please write to me every week"

   Synonyms:
   publish, compose, drop a line, spell, save, indite, pen

3. publish, write(verb)

   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 line(verb)

   communicate (with) in writing

   "Write her soon, please!"

   Synonyms:
   spell, compose, pen, save, indite, publish, drop a line

5. write(verb)

   communicate by letter

   "He wrote that he would be coming soon"

   Synonyms:
   publish, compose, drop a line, spell, save, indite, pen

6. compose, write(verb)

   write music

   "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

   Synonyms:
   spell, save, draw up, compose, pen, publish, indite, compile, frame, drop a line

7. write(verb)

   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, save(verb)

   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, write(verb)

   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. write(verb)

    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. write(verb)

   To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

   How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?

   Synonyms:
   author, scribble, indicate, show, scrawl, pen, inscribe, mark, display

2. write(verb)

   To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

   My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

   Synonyms:
   mark, inscribe, pen, scribble, scrawl, show, indicate, display, author

3. write(verb)

   To send written information to.

   Synonyms:
   indicate, display, author, show, mark, inscribe, scribble, pen, scrawl

4. write(verb)

   To show (information, etc) in written form.

   The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.

   Synonyms:
   inscribe, indicate, scribble, pen, scrawl, mark, show, display, author

5. write(verb)

   To be an author.

   I write for a living.

   Synonyms:
   scribble, inscribe, indicate, show, pen, mark, display, author, scrawl

6. write(verb)

   To record (data) mechanically or electronically.

   The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.

   Synonyms:
   mark, show, scribble, scrawl, display, inscribe, pen, author, indicate

7. write(verb)

   To fill in, to complete using words.

   I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.

   Synonyms:
   pen, author, indicate, scribble, display, mark, show, inscribe, scrawl

8. write(verb)

   Synonyms:
   post

9. write(verb)

   Synonyms:
   store, save

   Antonyms:
   load, read, retrieve

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. write(a.)

   Synonyms:
   v. inscribe, scrawl, scribble, scratch

2. write(a.)

   Synonyms:
   compose, indite, produce, frame, pen, jot down, draw up, set down in writing, commit to paper, put on paper, dash off

3. write(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   compose, express one's self (in writing), put pen to paper, take pen in hand

4. write(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   write a letter, send a letter

5. write(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   tell (in writing), give account

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. write(v)

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

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

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. Benjamin Franklin:

   If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.

2. Richard Fording:

   I would be skeptical that enough of Roy Moore’s supporters would show up and vote for a write-in.

3. Chris Patten:

   Our history is not a blank page on which we can write our own version of what it should have been, according to our contemporary views and prejudices.

4. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg:

   Facebook is a new kind of platform - it’s not a traditional technology company, it’s not a traditional media company, we don’t write the news that people read on the platform, but at the same time also know that we do a lot more than just distribute news and we’re an important part of the public discourse.

5. Harry Vincent:

   Dean Robinson said I was going to need to write an apology letter and a letter stating what sort of punishment I thought I deserved, she told me not to use Freedom of Speech as a defense – or else I would be more severely punished.

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