Synonyms for writing
ˈraɪ tɪŋwrit·ing

Wiktionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. writingnoun

   Synonyms:
   hand, work, handwriting, text, document

2. writingnoun

   Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.

   Synonyms:
   document, work, text, handwriting, hand

3. writingnoun

   Something written, such as a document, article or book.

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, hand, document, work, text

4. writingnoun

   The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

   Synonyms:
   document, text, work, handwriting, hand

5. writingnoun

   A work of an author.

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, document, work, text, hand

6. writingnoun

   The style of writing of a person.

   I can't read your writing.

   Synonyms:
   work, hand, handwriting, document, text

7. writingnoun

   Intended for or used in writing.

   a writing table

   Synonyms:
   work, document, handwriting, hand, text

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. writing, authorship, composition, penningnoun

   the act of creating written works

   "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

   Synonyms:
   theme, constitution, paper, physical composition, penning, composition, written material, typography, committal to writing, paternity, make-up, composing, authorship, makeup, piece, piece of writing, piece of music, musical composition, report, opus

2. writing, written material, piece of writingnoun

   the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)

   "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"

   Synonyms:
   composition, committal to writing, piece of writing, authorship, penning, written material

3. writingnoun

   (usually plural) the collected work of an author

   "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

   Synonyms:
   composition, committal to writing, piece of writing, authorship, penning, written material

4. writingnoun

   letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

   "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"

   Synonyms:
   composition, committal to writing, piece of writing, authorship, penning, written material

5. writing, committal to writingnoun

   the activity of putting something in written form

   "she did the thinking while he did the writing"

   Synonyms:
   composition, committal to writing, piece of writing, authorship, penning, written material

Matched Categories

1. • Oeuvre
   • Verbal Creation
   • Written Communication

Dictionary of English Synonymes(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. writingnoun

   Synonyms:
   chirography, caligraphy, penmanship

2. writingnoun

   Synonyms:
   document, instrument

3. writingnoun

   Synonyms:
   book, work, publication, lucubration, pamphlet, piece, literary production

4. writingnoun

   Synonyms:
   inscription, title

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

1. writingnoun

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, chirography, penmanship, hand, calligraphy, document, writ, indenture, debenture, certificate, charter, holograph, inscription, superscription, subscription

   Associated words:
   graphology, agraphia, graphomania, cacoëthes scribendi, cursive, uncial, clerical, stylus, planchette, scotograph script, literary, cacography

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

1. List of paraphrases for "writing":

   written, write, drafting, writes, handwriting, wrote, story, editor, typing, editorial, écrit, literary, clerical, writable

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How to use writing in a sentence?

1. Vice President Biden:

   The papers from my Senate years that I donated to the University of Delaware do not contain personnel files, it is the practice of Senators to establish a library of personal papers that document their public record : speeches, policy proposals, positions taken, and the writing of bills.

2. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

   The ink of any pen has no control of its writing. If you are using a pencil, don’t use the eraser. It is not made for writing.

3. Robert Durst:

   You’re writing a note to the police that only the killer could have written.

4. Sophia Loren:

   Getting ahead in a difficult profession -- singing, acting, writing, whatever -- requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.

5. Jessamyn West:

   Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.