Synonyms for write
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

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

   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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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, write

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, write

4. write, drop a lineverb

   communicate (with) in writing

   "Write her soon, please!"

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

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, write

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, write

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, write

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

Matched Categories

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. writeadjective

   Synonyms:
   v. inscribe, scrawl, scribble, scratch

2. writeadjective

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

3. writeverb

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

4. writeverb

   Synonyms:
   write a letter, send a letter

5. writeverb

   Synonyms:
   tell (in writing), give account

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1. writeverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Chaplain Cizek:

   Why did my case with the Board for the Correction of Military Records take three years to decide when by law it is supposed to be decided in nine to 18 months? I had to write to the White House in 2018 and 2019 to get the Air Force to speed up the process, they were going to try to make my case drag out as long as possible. Also, they did not evaluate any of the evidence that I presented. My case involves constitutional law protections and the Air Force had [its personnel]making legal determinations.

2. Laura Jaworski:

   To write to paint to make art of any kind is a great and true adventure.”

3. Harper Lee:

   Naturally, you don't sit down in 'white hot inspiration' and write with a burning flame in front of you, but since I knew I could never be happy being anything but a writer, and 'Mockingbird' put itself together for me so accommodatingly, I kept at it because I knew it had to be my first novel, for better or for worse.

4. Daniella Greenbaum:

   I know that I did what I needed to do. It wasn’t about proving a point as much as this: I write about the importance of viewpoint diversity and about why more speech is always better, all the time. If I read about this situation, I’d be writing a column defending the writer, so I thought, how can I write about these issues and get paralyzed by fear of job security when I’m confronted with it in my real life? It seemed hypocritical to me to do anything different.

5. Baruch Spinoza:

   Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.