Pen

//pɛn//

Synonyms for "pen" (324 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (65)

Strong matches (97)

cordon off cork cork up corral cotton plantation coup de plume court courtyard creative writing crib croft cryptography curtilage dairy farm death cell death house death row delimited field demesne demesne farm

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Verb(1 words)

indite

Related words (162)

ink ink spiller ink spilling inkslinger inkslinging inscribe inscription internment camp jail jailhouse journalism jug keep keep in keep in custody keep in detention kennel kibbutz kolkhoz labor camp

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leaguer letterer lettering libretto-writing limbo list literary artistry literary composition literary power literary production literary talent location lockup macrography mains make a recension make out manor farm material maximum-security prison mew mew up micrography minimum-security prison novel-writing orchard oubliette pale paling park pasture pen in pen up pen-and-ink penal colony penal institution penal settlement pencil pencil driver pencil driving pencraft penfold penman penner pinfold place of confinement plantation playpen playwriting pocket pokey poultry farm pound pow camp prison prison camp prisonhouse purgatory push the pen put in writing quad quadrangle quarantine rail rail in ranch rancheria rancho ready pen recense record recording secretary reform school reformatory restrain restrict revise rewrite rewriting scribbler scribe script scrive scrivener scrivenery scrivening scroll seal up secret writing secretary shackle shed sheep farm short-story writing shrine shut shut in shut up skill with words spill ink spoil paper sponging house square stable stake stall state prison station steading stir stock farm stockade superscribe surround technical writing the hole theater toft tollbooth trace training school transcribe transcriber truck farm type typewriting typing verse-writing wall in word-slinger wrap write down write out writer writing yard yard up

Noun(4 words)

kraal penitentiary playpen swaness

Verb(1 words)

write

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19 relation types

More general

6 entries

correctional institution create verbally enclosure stationery swan writing implement

More specific

5 entries

ballpoint pen cartridge pen felt-tip pen fountain pen ruling pen

Synonyms

3 entries

penitentiary playpen write

Related terms

3 entries

pin pin-pen merger prison

at location

19 entries

area near barn art supply store backpack box briefcase classroom desk drawer desktop drawer friend's house hotel neighbor's house office office supply store pocket purse

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capable of

3 entries

different colors mark sheet of paper mark spot

defined as

1 entries

book

derived

153 entries

3D pen EpiPen J pen Pen Mill ball pen ball-point pen beard pen blast pen border pen bow pen brush pen bull pen bullpen cartridge pen cattle pen co-pen

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derived from

1 entries

penelope

etymologically related_to

5 entries

feather penitentiary petition pin pterodactyl

has a

1 entries

ink

has context

8 entries

baseball dialectal organic chemistry skating slang soccer speed zoology

has property

1 entries

solid

is a

15 entries

animal container communication device container product cylindrical and holds ink enclosure object object people right with outdoor location spiky thing swan tool for writing writing implement writing instrument writing or drawing tool writing utensil

made of

1 entries

plastic

not has_property

1 entries

liquid

receives action

2 entries

found in office found in school

related to

32 entries

bullpen cartilage cattle cell device domesticated enclose feather ink instrument light pen long nib paper penalty pencil

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used for

32 entries

creating stories and poems draw with drawing drawing picture filing out forms giving as gift hold animal hold chickens hold pigs holding animals holding hat down keep in animals keep pig in leaking in shirt pocket receiving as gift sign card

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Translations

423 translations across 150 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аҩы́га noun (writing tool)

Afrikaans

1 entries

pen noun (writing tool)

Albanian

3 entries

stilolaps noun (writing tool)
thark noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
vathë noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Amharic

2 entries

ብዕር noun (writing tool)
እስክርቢቶ noun (writing tool)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

γραφίς noun (writing tool)
μάνδρα noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
σηκός noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Arabic

4 entries

سورة القلم name (68th sura of the Qur'an)
حَظِيرَة noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
زَرِيبَة noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
ستيلو noun (writing tool)

Armenian

2 entries

գրիչ noun (writing tool)
ոչխարանոց noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Assamese

3 entries

কলম noun (writing tool)
কাপ noun (writing tool)
লিখনি noun (writing tool)

Asturian

1 entries

bolígrafu noun (writing tool)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

pero noun (writing tool)
qələm noun (writing tool)
ruçka noun (writing tool)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡәләм noun (writing tool)

Basque

2 entries

eskorta noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
luma noun (writing tool)

Belarusian

4 entries

аса́дка noun (writing tool)
заго́н noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
лябёдка noun (female swan)
пяро́ noun (writing tool)

Bengali

4 entries

কলম noun (writing tool)
লিখনী noun (writing tool)
লিখন verb (to write)
লেখা verb (to write)

Bouyei

1 entries

bidtmag noun (writing tool)

Bulgarian

4 entries

же́нски ле́бед noun (female swan)
коша́ра noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
перо́ noun (writing tool)
перо́ noun (writer, or their style)

Burmese

2 entries

ကလောင် noun (writing tool)
ဘောပင် noun (writing tool)

Buryat

1 entries

гуурһан noun (writing tool)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

ру́чка noun (writing tool)

Catalan

2 entries

bolígraf noun (writing tool)
corral noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

پێنووس noun (writing tool)
نووسین verb (to write)

Chechen

2 entries

ручка noun (writing tool)
язолг noun (writing tool)

Chinese

3 entries

牢 noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
稠 noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
筆 /笔 noun (writing tool)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

筆 /笔 noun (writing tool)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

圈 noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
圓珠筆 /圆珠笔 noun (writing tool)
欄圈 /栏圈 noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
筆 /笔 noun (writing tool)

Chuvash

1 entries

калем noun (writing tool)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲕⲁϣ noun (writing tool)

Cornish

1 entries

pluven noun (writing tool)

Czech

4 entries

ohrada noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
pero noun (writing tool)
samička labutě noun (female swan)
výběh noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Danish

4 entries

bås noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
fold noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
hunsvane noun (female swan)
indelukke noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Dari

2 entries

خوَدْکَار noun (writing tool)
قَلَم noun (writing tool)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ގަލަން noun (writing tool)

Dutch

4 entries

kraal noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
pen noun (writing tool)
ren noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
schrijven verb (to write)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

筆 /笔 noun (writing tool)

Egyptian

1 entries

a:r-M2 noun (writing tool)

Esperanto

3 entries

globkrajono noun (writing tool)
kralo noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
plumo noun (writing tool)

Estonian

4 entries

pastakas noun (writing tool)
pastapliiats noun (writing tool)
sulepea noun (writing tool)
sulg noun (writing tool)

Faroese

1 entries

pennur noun (writing tool)

Fataluku

1 entries

loho noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Finnish

4 entries

karsina noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
kynä noun (writing tool)
kynä noun (writer, or their style)
kynäilijä noun (writer, or their style)

French

4 entries

cygne femelle noun (female swan)
enclos noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
plume noun (writing tool)
stylo noun (writing tool)

Fula

2 entries

settugol noun (writing tool)
𞤧𞤫𞤼𞥆𞤵𞤺𞤮𞤤 noun (writing tool)

Galician

2 entries

bolígrafo noun (writing tool)
curral noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Georgian

2 entries

კალამი noun (writing tool)
პასტა noun (writing tool)

German

4 entries

Feder noun (writing tool)
Feder noun (writer, or their style)
Federhalter noun (writing tool)
Füllhalter noun (writing tool)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Greek

4 entries

μαντρί noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
στάνη noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
στιλό noun (writing tool)
στρούγκα noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Gujarati

2 entries

કલમ noun (writing tool)
પેન noun (writing tool)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries

筆 /笔 noun (writing tool)
鋼筆 /钢笔 noun (writing tool)

Hausa

1 entries

alƙalami noun (writing tool)

Hebrew

1 entries

עֵט noun (writing tool)

Hindi

3 entries

क़लम noun (writing tool)
पेन noun (writing tool)
लेखनी noun (writing tool)

Hittite

1 entries

𒀀𒊭𒀀𒌋𒅈 noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Hungarian

4 entries

golyóstoll noun (writing tool)
irón noun (writing tool)
karám noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
ketrec noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Icelandic

4 entries

kví noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
penni noun (writing tool)
rétt noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
stía noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Ido

1 entries

plumo noun (writing tool)

Indonesian

2 entries

pen noun (writing tool)
pena noun (writing tool)

Ingrian

1 entries

karsina noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Interlingua

1 entries

penna noun (writing tool)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

خودْکار noun (writing tool)
قَلَم noun (writing tool)

Irish

3 entries

cró noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
mainnear noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
peann noun (writing tool)

Italian

4 entries

chiuso noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
cigno femmina noun (female swan)
osso di seppia noun (internal cartilage skeleton of a squid)
ovile noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Japanese

4 entries

ペン noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
ペン noun (writing tool)
ボールペン noun (writing tool)
万年筆 noun (writing tool)

Jin Chinese

1 entries

鋼筆 /钢笔 noun (writing tool)

Kalmyk

2 entries

бичүр noun (writing tool)
ручк noun (writing tool)

Kannada

1 entries

ಪೆನ್ noun (writing tool)

Kashmiri

1 entries

أنٛزِنؠ noun (female swan)

Kazakh

2 entries

қалам noun (writing tool)
қаламсап noun (writing tool)

Khmer

4 entries

ដងប៉ាកកា noun (writing tool)
ឋានវតី noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
ទ្រុង noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
ប៉ាកកា noun (writing tool)

Kikuyu

1 entries

karamu noun (writing tool)

Korean

4 entries

만년필 noun (writing tool)
볼펜 noun (writing tool)
원주필 noun (writing tool)
펜 noun (writing tool)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

жазгыч noun (writing tool)
калем noun (writing tool)
калемсап noun (writing tool)

Lao

4 entries

ບິກ noun (writing tool)
ປາກກາ noun (writing tool)
ປາກໄ່ກ່ noun (writing tool)
ສໍປາກກາ noun (writing tool)

Latin

2 entries

calamus noun (writing tool)
hara noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Latvian

1 entries

pildspalva noun (writing tool)

Lepcha

1 entries

ᰉᰫᰃᰫ noun (writing tool)

Lithuanian

2 entries

plunksna noun (writing tool)
rašiklis noun (writing tool)

Luganda

1 entries

bayiro noun (writing tool)

Luhya

1 entries

ekalamu noun (writing tool)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Stëft noun (writing tool)

Macedonian

4 entries

ко́тар m/ко́тара noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
пенкало noun (writing tool)
тр́ло noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
пишува verb (to write)

Malay

4 entries

kalam noun (writing tool)
pen noun (writing tool)
pen mata noun (writing tool)
pena noun (writing tool)

Malayalam

1 entries

പേന noun (writing tool)

Maltese

1 entries

pinna noun (writing tool)

Marathi

1 entries

लेखणी noun (writing tool)

Meru

1 entries

karamu noun (writing tool)

Middle English

1 entries

eyrer noun (female swan)

Mokilese

1 entries

pehn noun (writing tool)

Mongolian

2 entries

үзэг noun (writing tool)
ᠦᠵᠦᠭ noun (writing tool)

Māori

3 entries

pene noun (writing tool)
pākaka noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
rāihe noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Navajo

1 entries

bee akʼeʼelchíhí tóhígíí noun (writing tool)

Nepali

2 entries

कलम noun (writing tool)
पेन noun (writing tool)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

kalamu noun (writing tool)

Norman

2 entries

plieunme noun (writing tool)
plleume noun (writing tool)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

pênûs noun (writing tool)
qelem noun (writing tool)

Norwegian

2 entries

føre i pennen verb (to write)
skrive verb (to write)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

hunnsvane noun (female swan)
inngjerding noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
innhegning noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
kve noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

hosvane noun (female swan)
inngjerding noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
innhegning noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
kve noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Odia

1 entries

କଲମ noun (writing tool)

Old English

1 entries

feþer noun (writing tool)

Oromo

1 entries

kobbee noun (writing tool)

Ossetian

2 entries

ручкӕ noun (writing tool)
фыссӕн noun (writing tool)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

آغل noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
خامه noun (writing tool)
قلم noun (writing tool)
ماندره noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

пирко noun (writing tool)
писадло noun (writing tool)

Pashto

2 entries

قلم noun (writing tool)
ليکاړی noun (writing tool)

Persian

3 entries

خْوَدْکَار noun (writing tool)
زاغد noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
قَلَم noun (writing tool)

Picard

1 entries

estylo noun (writing tool)

Polish

4 entries

długopis noun (writing tool)
pióro noun (writing tool)
wybieg noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
łabędzica noun (female swan)

Portuguese

4 entries

caneta noun (writing tool)
cercado noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
cisne noun (female swan)
curral noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Punjabi

3 entries

قلم noun (writing tool)
ਕਲਮ noun (writing tool)
ਕ਼ਲਮ noun (writing tool)

Quechua

1 entries

qillqana noun (writing tool)

Rade

1 entries

plim noun (writing tool)

Romanian

3 entries

pix noun (writing tool)
stilou noun (writing tool)
țarc noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Russian

4 entries

автору́чка noun (writing tool)
заго́н noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
коша́ра noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
лебёдка noun (female swan)

Sanskrit

1 entries

लेखनी noun (writing tool)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

peann noun (writing tool)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

hémījskā òlōvka noun (writing tool)
kémījskā òlōvka noun (writing tool)
lȁbudica noun (female swan)
obor noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Sinhalese

1 entries

පෑන noun (writing tool)

Slovak

2 entries

pero noun (writing tool)
výbeh noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Slovene

1 entries

pero noun (writing tool)

Somali

1 entries

qalin noun (writing tool)

Spanish

4 entries

boli noun (writing tool)
bolígrafo noun (writing tool)
chivitil (disused) noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
cigne noun (female swan)

Swahili

2 entries

kalamu noun (writing tool)
zizi noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Swedish

4 entries

bläckpenna noun (writing tool)
hage noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
penna noun (writing tool)
skriva verb (to write)

Tagalog

1 entries

pluma noun (writing tool)

Tajik

4 entries

ручка noun (writing tool)
хом noun (writing tool)
худкор noun (writing tool)
қалам noun (writing tool)

Tamil

2 entries

எழுதுகோல் noun (writing tool)
பேனா noun (writing tool)

Tatar

1 entries

каләм noun (writing tool)

Telugu

3 entries

కలం noun (writing tool)
కలము noun (writing tool)
పెన్ను noun (writing tool)

Tetum

1 entries

luhan noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Thai

3 entries

คอก noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
ปากกา noun (writing tool)
เล้า noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྨྱུག་གུ noun (writing tool)

Tigrinya

2 entries

ብርዒ noun (writing tool)
ፒሮ noun (writing tool)

Turkish

4 entries

kalem noun (writing tool)
kalem noun (writer, or their style)
yazgaç noun (writing tool)
kaleme almak verb (to write)

Turkmen

2 entries

agyl noun (writing tool)
ruçka noun (writing tool)

Tuvan

1 entries

демир-үжүк noun (writing tool)

Ukrainian

3 entries

загі́н noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
перо́ noun (writing tool)
ру́чка noun (writing tool)

Urdu

2 entries

قَلَم noun (writing tool)
لِکْھنی noun (writing tool)

Uyghur

3 entries

قەلەم noun (writing tool)
ماي قەلەم noun (writing tool)
گاڭبى noun (writing tool)

Uzbek

2 entries

qalam noun (writing tool)
ruchka noun (writing tool)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bút noun (writing tool)
bút bi noun (writing tool)
bút máy noun (writing tool)
bút mực noun (writing tool)

Volapük

1 entries

jisvan noun (female swan)

Walloon

3 entries

bik noun (writing tool)
eclôs noun (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
pene noun (writing tool)

Welsh

2 entries

pìn noun (writing tool)
ysgrifbin noun (writing tool)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

筆 /笔 noun (writing tool)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

鋼筆 /钢笔 noun (writing tool)

Yiddish

2 entries

פּען noun (writing tool)
פֿעדער noun (writing tool)

Yoruba

1 entries

kálámù noun (writing tool)

Zhuang

1 entries

ganghbiz noun (writing tool)

Zulu

1 entries

ipeni noun (writing tool)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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Do you have a pen on you?

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Have you got a pen?

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Can I use your pen?

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Your pen is better than mine.

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