Pencil

/ˈpɛnsəl/

Synonyms for "pencil" (197 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (40)

actinic rayactinismair brushart paperatomic beamatomic raybeambeam of lightblazeblaze a trailblemish blotch brand brushcamera lucidacamera obscuracanvas cartoon chalkchalk up

Show 19 more words

charcoal checkcheck offcicatrize color copycopy outcrayon crosshatch dapple dashdash offdaub define delimit delineate demarcate depict design

Noun(1 words)

book

Strong matches (59)

diagram discolor doodle dot draft drawdraw updrawing paperdrawing pencildrier easel edit enface engrave engross fixative fleck frecklegamma raygash

Show 30 more words

genre gleam ground hatch impress imprintinfrared rayinscribeinvisible radiationlay figureleam limn line linesmake a markmake a recensionmake outmarkmark offmark outmaulstick medium mottle movement nick notch paintpaint a picturepaintbrush palette

Noun(9 words)

drawdrawing instrumentgraphite graygraphite implementgraphite pencilgraylead pencilmark narrow

Related words (98)

palette knifepastel patch pen pepper photon picture picturize pigment pigments point portray prick print punch punctuate puncturepush the penput in writingradiation

Show 68 more words

radiorays rayray of lightrecense record revise rewrite ribbonribbon of lightriddle scar scarify school score scotch scratch scratchboard scribe scrive scroll scumble seal seam shade shaft siccative sketch sketchbook sketchpadsolar raysspatula speck specklespill inksplotchspoil paperspotspray gunstain stamp stencil stigmatize streak streamstream of lightstreamer striate stripe stump style superscribe tattoothe grand styleticktick offtint trace transcribe typeultraviolet rayunderline underscore varnishviolet raywritewrite downwrite outx ray

Noun(10 words)

pencil-drawn pencil-gray pencil-marked penciled reserve sketchsketching pencilslender ticonderogawriting instrument

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

21 entries

appearance descriptorart supplyattributive descriptorblack leadcolor descriptorcosmeticdescriptive adjectivedrawdrawing toolfigure graphite markingmodifying adjectiveplanning plumbago scheduling

Showing 16 of 21 words.

More specific

17 entries

HB pencilappointmentcalendar entrycolored pencilgraphite-graymechanical pencilnote pencil-drawn pencil-graypencil-thin linepencil-thin silhouettepenciledpenciled diagrampenciled notessketchsoft lead pencil

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

10 entries

colored pencilgraphite pencilpencil casepencil drawingpencil grippencil leadpencil markspencil sharpenerpencil sketchwooden pencil

Inflections

4 entries

penciled penciling pencilled pencils

Derivations

5 entries

pencil-like penciled penciling penciller pencils

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You dropped your pencil.

Source: tatoeba (16283)

You nearly poked me in the eye with your pencil.

Source: tatoeba (16396)

Can I use your pencil?

Source: tatoeba (17298)

Put down your pencil.

Source: tatoeba (25761)

Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.

More for "pencil"

Meaning

Keep exploring

Read the definition Browse writing guides Read the blog