You dropped your pencil.
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Pencil
//ˈpɛnsəl//
Synonyms for "pencil" (178 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (53)
Related words (89)
palettepalette knifepastelpatchpenpepperphotonpicturepicturizepigmentpigmentspointportrayprickprintpunchpunctuatepuncturepush the penput in writing
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7 entriesat location
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
capable of
5 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
93 entriesShowing 16 of 93 words.
entails
1 entrieshas a
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2 entriesmanner of
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2 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
used for
16 entriesTranslations
236 translations across 172 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- къэлэм noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Afrikaans
1 entries- potlood noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Albanian
2 entries- kalem noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- laps noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Amharic
1 entries- እርሳስ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Arabic
2 entries- قَلَم noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- قَلَم رَصَاص noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Armenian
1 entries- մատիտ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Assamese
2 entries- কাঠ-পেঞ্চিল noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- পেঞ্চিল noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Asturian
2 entries- llapiceru noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- llápiz noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Avar
1 entries- къалам noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Aymara
1 entries- lapisa noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- karandaş noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- qələm noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡәләм noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Basque
2 entries- arkatz noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- lapitz noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Belarusian
2 entries- ало́вак noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- каранда́ш noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Bengali
2 entries- অঙ্কনী noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- পেনসিল noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Bole
1 entries- pensur noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мо́лив noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- моли́в noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Burmese
1 entries- ခဲတံ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Carpathian Rusyn
2 entries- клайбас noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- церуза noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Catalan
1 entries- llapis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Central Dusun
1 entries- pinsil noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پێنووس noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Central Melanau
1 entries- pisil noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- sykýˀ-ja noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Chechen
1 entries- къолам noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Chinese
4 entries- галан noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- гэран noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- гәран noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Chuvash
1 entries- кӑранташ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Cornish
1 entries- pluven-blomm noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qarandaş noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Czech
2 entries- olůvko noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- tužka noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Danish
1 entries- blyant noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Dari
1 entries- پِنْسِل noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ފަންސުރު noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Dutch
2 entries- griffel noun (slate writing-instrument)
- potlood noun (graphite writing-instrument)
East Frisian Low Saxon
2 entries- bleistiek noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- bläj noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Esperanto
1 entries- krajono noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Estonian
2 entries- krihvel noun (slate writing-instrument)
- pliiats noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Faroese
1 entries- blýantur noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Finnish
4 entries- kynä noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- lyijykynä noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- kirjoittaa lyijykynällä verb (to write with pencil)
- merkitä lyijykynällä verb (to mark with pencil)
French
1 entries- crayon noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Galician
1 entries- lapis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Georgian
1 entries- ფანქარი noun (graphite writing-instrument)
German
4 entries- Bleistift noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- Buntstift noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- Griffel noun (slate writing-instrument)
- Tafelstift noun (slate writing-instrument)
Greek
2 entries- κοντύλι noun (slate writing-instrument)
- μολύβι noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Greenlandic
1 entries- aqerluusaq noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Gujarati
1 entries- સીસાપેન noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- kreyon noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Hausa
1 entries- fensir noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Hebrew
1 entries- עִפָּרוֹן noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Hindi
2 entries- अंकनी noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- पेंसिल noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Hungarian
1 entries- ceruza noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Hunsrik
2 entries- Bleistift noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- Lappis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Icelandic
1 entries- blýantur noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Ido
1 entries- krayono noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Indonesian
2 entries- pensil noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- potlot noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Interlingua
2 entries- stilo noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- stilo de graphite noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐊᓪᓛᑦ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- مِداد noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Irish
1 entries- peann luaidhe noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Italian
2 entries- lapis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- matita noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Japanese
1 entries- 鉛筆 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Javanese
1 entries- potlot noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Kabardian
1 entries- къэрэндащ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Kalmyk
1 entries- харанда noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Kalo Finnish Romani
1 entries- blyijako ranniboskero noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Kannada
1 entries- ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Karelian
1 entries- kynä noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Kashubian
1 entries- òłówk noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Kazakh
2 entries- қалам noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- қарындаш noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Khmer
1 entries- ខ្មៅដៃ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Korean
1 entries- 연필 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- калем noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- карандаш noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Lao
2 entries- ສໍ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- ສໍດຳ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Latgalian
1 entries- zeimuļs noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Latin
3 entries- graphis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- plumbum noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- praeductal noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Latvian
1 entries- zīmulis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Limburgish
1 entries- blieèrsstek noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Lingala
1 entries- kilapi noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pieštukas noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Livonian
1 entries- bleifēdõr noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wołojnik noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Luganda
1 entries- ekalamu noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Bläistëft noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- Kräijong noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Lü
1 entries- ᦔᦲᧉᦎᦱᧃᧈ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Macedonian
1 entries- молив noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Malagasy
1 entries- pensily noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Malay
2 entries- pensel noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- ڤينسيل noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Malayalam
1 entries- പെൻസിൽ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Maltese
1 entries- lapes noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Manx
2 entries- penn leoaie noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- pensyl noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Marathi
1 entries- पेन्सिल noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Marshallese
1 entries- pinjeļ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Mirandese
1 entries- lhápeç noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Mokilese
1 entries- pinjel noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Mongolian
2 entries- харандаа noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠨᠳᠠ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Māori
1 entries- pene rākau noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Navajo
1 entries- beeʼakʼeʼelchíhí noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Nepali
1 entries- सिसाकलम noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Norman
1 entries- crèyon noun (graphite writing-instrument)
North Frisian
4 entries- Blijant noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- bliant (Rodenäs) noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- bliiant (Karrharde, Ockholm) noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- bliistift noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- qelemrisas noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Northern Min Chinese
2 entries- 洋筆 /洋笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Northern Sami
1 entries- liánta noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- blyant noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- blyant noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Occitan
1 entries- gredon noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Odia
1 entries- ପେନ୍ସିଲ୍ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Oromo
1 entries- qubeessaa noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Ossetian
1 entries- кърандас noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- خامه noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- قلم noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- клайбас noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Pashto
1 entries- پنسل noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Polish
1 entries- ołówek noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Portuguese
1 entries- lápis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪੈਨਸਿਲ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Romanian
2 entries- condei noun (slate writing-instrument)
- creion noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Russian
1 entries- каранда́ш noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Samoan
1 entries- penitala noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Saterland Frisian
3 entries- Bläi noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- Bläipänne noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- Bläistikke noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Scots
1 entries- pincil noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- peansail noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- písāljka noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- òlōvka noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- о̀ло̄вка noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- пи́са̄љка noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Sicilian
1 entries- lapis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Silesian
1 entries- blajsztyft noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Sinhalese
1 entries- පැන්සල noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Slovak
2 entries- ceruza noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- ceruzka noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Slovene
1 entries- svinčnik noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Somali
1 entries- qalin qori noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Spanish
1 entries- lápiz noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Sundanese
1 entries- potlot noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Swahili
1 entries- penseli noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Swedish
2 entries- blyertspenna noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- penna noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠇꠣꠉ꠆ꠎꠤ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Tagalog
2 entries- lapis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- pensil noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Taishanese
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Tajik
2 entries- мидод noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- қалам noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Tamil
1 entries- எழுதுகோல் noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Tatar
1 entries- каләм noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Telugu
1 entries- పెన్సిలు noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Teochew
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Tetum
1 entries- lapis noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Thai
1 entries- ดินสอ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཞ་སྨྱུག noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ርሳስ noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Turkish
2 entries- kalem noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- kurşun kalem noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Turkmen
1 entries- galam noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- оліве́ць noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wołojnik noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Urdu
2 entries- پِنْسِل noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- پینْسِل noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Uyghur
1 entries- قېرىنداش noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Uzbek
2 entries- karandash noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- qalam noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bút chì noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- viết chì noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Vilamovian
1 entries- błajśtift noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Volapük
2 entries- gliv noun (slate writing-instrument)
- stib noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Welsh
1 entries- pensil noun (graphite writing-instrument)
West-Frisian
1 entries- potlead noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Xhosa
1 entries- ípénsile class c9 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 鉛筆 /铅笔 noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Yakut
1 entries- харандаас noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Yiddish
2 entries- בלײַער noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- בלײַשטיפֿט noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Yoruba
1 entries- pẹ́ńsù noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Yup'ik
1 entries- kalantaassaaq noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Zazaki
1 entries- qelem noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Zhuang
2 entries- yenzbiz noun (graphite writing-instrument)
- yienzbit noun (graphite writing-instrument)
Sample sentences
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You nearly poked me in the eye with your pencil.
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Can I use your pencil?
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Put down your pencil.
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