Scribe

/skɹaɪb/

Synonyms for "scribe" (185 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Noun(8 words)

scrivener amanuensis copyist amanuenses baruch calligraphers chronicler copyreader

accountantadvertising writeramanuensis annalist archivistart criticauthor authoressbaal korebelletrist bibliographer bookkeeper calligrapher cantor carve chasechief rabbichirographer clerk coauthor

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collaborator columnist commentator compiler composer copier copycopy outcopyist

Strong matches (56)

copywritercreative writercriticdance criticdiarist documentalist draftdrama criticdramatist dramaturgedraw upedit editor enchase encyclopedist enface engrave engraver engross essayist

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etchfiling clerkfree lancefree-lance writerghost ghostwritergossip columnistgrave hackhigh priesthumorist incise indite inditerink spillerinkslinger inscribe journalist kohen letterer levite librarianliterary artistliterary craftsmanliterary criticliterary manlitterateur logographermagazine writermake a recensionmake outman of lettersmark marker

Noun(2 words)

documenter linecut

Related words (92)

Noun(19 words)

medical scribenotary notatenote takersnote-taker quills record recorder registrarscratch awlscribbler scribblers scriber tabellion transcribe transcriber write writerswritten mode of communication

monographermusic criticnewspaperman newspaperwoman newswriter notarynotary publicnovelettist novelist pamphleteer paragraphist pen pencilpencil driverpenman pennerpenny-a-linerpenwoman playwright poet

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priestprose writerprothonotarypush the penput in writingrabbi rabbin recense recordrecord clerkrecorderrecording secretaryrecordist register registrar reporter reviewer revise rewritescenario writerscenarist score scorekeeper scorer scratch scribble scribbler scriptwriter scrive scrivener scroll secretaryshort-story writersob sisterspill inkspoil paperstenographer stonecutter storyteller superscribetechnical writertimekeeper trace transcribe transcriber typeword painterword-slinger wordsmith writewrite downwrite outwriter

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

13 entries

awlclerical workerdocument documentarian employee historian journalist mark nockpublic officialrecord score writer

More specific

12 entries

amanuensisclinic scribecopycourt chroniclercourt scribecourt scriveneremergency room scribeland registrarnotateorthopedic scribepalace chroniclertranscribe

Collocations

11 entries

amanuensiscourt scribemedical scriberecord keeperroyal scribescribal copyistscribe a manuscriptscribe a transcriptscribe down the passagescribe notesscribe records

Inflections

3 entries

scribed scribes scribing

Derivations

2 entries

scribal scriber

Translations

135 translations across 78 languages.

Aghwan

1 entries

𐕁𐔼𐕗𐔿𐔰𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Akkadian

1 entries

𒁾𒊬 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Albanian

1 entries

shkrues noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

γραμματεύς noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Arabic

2 entries

كَاتِب noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
نَاسِخ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Aramaic

1 entries

סָפַר noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Armenian

1 entries

գրիչ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

katib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
münşi noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Belarusian

2 entries

пі́сар noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
пі́сарка noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Bulgarian

2 entries

пи́сар noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
пи́сарка noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Catalan

1 entries

escrivà noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏗᏃᏪᎵᏍᎩ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

抄寫員 /抄写员 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

抄寫員 /抄写员 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Classical Nahuatl

2 entries

tlahcuiloh noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
āmoxtlahcuiloh noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Czech

2 entries

písař noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
písařka noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Danish

1 entries

skriver noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Dutch

2 entries

kopiist noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
schrijver noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Egyptian

1 entries

Y4-A1 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Esperanto

1 entries

skribisto noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Estonian

1 entries

kirjutaja noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Finnish

1 entries

kirjuri noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

French

1 entries

scribe noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Galician

3 entries

amanuense noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
escriba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
escribán noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Ge'ez

1 entries

ጸሓፊ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Georgian

1 entries

გადამწერი noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

German

2 entries

Kopist noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
Schreiber noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Greek

1 entries

γραφέας noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Hebrew

2 entries

טַפְסָר noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
לַבְלָר noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Hindi

3 entries

कातिब noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
मुंशी noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
मुहर्रिर noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Hungarian

1 entries

írnok noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Icelandic

1 entries

skrifari noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

دَبیر noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
دِبیر noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
مُحَرِّر noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
مُنْشی noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Irish

1 entries

scríobhaí noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Italian

3 entries

amanuense noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
scriba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
scrivano noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Japanese

2 entries

スクライブ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
筆記者 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Kazakh

2 entries

бітікші noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
жазбагер noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Khmer

2 entries

លិបិការ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
ស្មៀន noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Korean

1 entries

필경사 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

бесир noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
катчы noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Lao

1 entries

ອາລັກ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Latin

3 entries

librāriolus noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
librārius noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
scrība noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Latvian

1 entries

rakstvedis noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Lithuanian

1 entries

raštininkas noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Macedonian

3 entries

дијак noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
пи́сар noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
пи́сарка noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Malay

2 entries

jurutulis noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
katib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Manx

1 entries

screeudeyr noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Mongolian

2 entries

бичээч noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠴᠢ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

katib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

skriver noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Old English

2 entries

bōcere noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
wrītere noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Pashto

4 entries

ليکونکى noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
منشي noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
ميرزا noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
کاتب noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Polish

4 entries

kopista noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
pisarka noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
pisarz noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
skryba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Portuguese

2 entries

amanuense noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
escriba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Romanian

2 entries

copist noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
scrib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Russian

2 entries

пи́сарь noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
писе́ц noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pisàrica noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
pìsār noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
писа̀рица noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
пѝса̄р noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Slovak

2 entries

pisár noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
pisárka noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Slovene

2 entries

pisar noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
pisarka noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Spanish

3 entries

amanuense noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
escriba noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
escribano noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Sumerian

1 entries

𒁾𒊬 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Swahili

1 entries

mwandishi noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Swedish

1 entries

skrivare noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Tajik

4 entries

дабир noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
котиб noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
мирзо noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
муншӣ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Thai

1 entries

อาลักษณ์ noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Tumbuka

1 entries

mulembi noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Turkish

1 entries

kâtip noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Turkmen

1 entries

kätip noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎒𐎔𐎗 noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Ukrainian

2 entries

пи́сар noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
пи́сарка noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Urdu

3 entries

مُحَرِّر noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
مُنْشی noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
کاتِب noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Uyghur

1 entries

كۆچۈرگۈچى noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Uzbek

4 entries

bitikchi noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
kotib noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
mirza noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)
mirzo noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thư lại noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Yakut

1 entries

суруксут noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Yiddish

1 entries

סופֿר noun (one who writes; a draughtsman)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom dressed as an ancient Egyptian scribe.

Source: tatoeba (6672129)

A sofer is a traditional Jewish scribe.

Source: tatoeba (10463281)

Just as the inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone point to the activity of an ancient scribe and a computer program points to a programmer, I have argued that the digital code discovered within the DNA molecule suggests the activity of a designing mind at the origin of life.

Source: tatoeba (10530828)

My tongue is a pen of a scribe.

Source: tatoeba (12181475)

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