Most people write about their daily life.
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Write
/ɹaɪt/
Synonyms for "write" (351 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (71)
Verb(15 words)
adaptarrangeassembleauthorbookbring to lifebuildcalendarcalibratecarvecastcatalogcatch a likenesschalkchalk upcharactercharacterizechartcheck inchronicle
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Noun(25 words)
address an envelopearticle draftauthor indexauthoringauthorsautographbill making unitbiographer craftbiology curriculum textblogbloggingbraillescalligraphcanonschalkschequechronicle in detailcomposcompose a lettercompose a poem
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Adjective(1 words)
composed work
Strong matches (105)
Related words (175)
instrumentatejotjot downknock offknock outletterlimnlistlogmakemake a memorandummake a notemake a recensionmake an adaptationmake an entrymake outmake upmanufacturemapmark down
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matriculatematuremelodizeminutemoldmouldmouldermouldymusicalizenotatenotenote downnovelizeorchestrateoutlinepaintpamphleteerpatch togetherpenpencilphrasepicturepicturizepiece togetherplace upon recordpollportraypostpost upprefabricateprepareprintproducepush the penput downput in writingput on paperput on tapeput to musicput togetherput upraiserearrecenserecordreduce to writingregisterrenderrepresentreviserewriterubrun upscenarizeschematizescorescratchscrawlscribblescribescriptscrivescrollsend a notesetset downset forthset to musicset upshapesketchspill inkspoil papersuperscribesymbolizetabulatetake a rubbingtake downtapetape-recordthrow on papertracetrace outtrace overtranscribetransposetypeuse the mailsvideotapewhomp upwrite downwrite inwrite outwrite towrite up
Noun(40 words)
Verb(16 words)
Adjective(4 words)
How these synonyms differ
- author - 'Author' elevates the writer to creator, you write emails but you author books and reports. It implies ownership and authority over the work.
- compose - 'Compose' implies careful, deliberate creation, you compose music, letters, and essays. It suggests artistry and structure that 'write' alone doesn't.
- draft - 'Draft' emphasizes that the writing is preliminary, a first attempt meant to be revised. It's writing with the safety net of impermanence.
- inscribe - 'Inscribe' implies permanence, carving into stone, engraving into metal. It's writing meant to endure, not to be erased.
Related word relations
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More general
27 entriescommunicatecommunicationcompositioncomputer operationcorrespondcreatecreate by mental actcreate mentallycreate verballydata entrydata handlingdelineatedescribedrawinformation inputintercommunicate
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More specific
16 entriesCollocations
10 entriesa journal entrya lab reporta paragrapha reportan essayclass writeclear writedaily writegood writeshort write
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesdrop a line
Translations
90 translations across 46 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- skryf verb (to be the author of)
- skryf aan verb (to send a letter to)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γράφω verb (to be the author of)
- ἐπιστέλλω verb (to send a letter to)
Arabic
2 entries- كَاتَبَ verb (to send a letter to)
- َأَلَّف verb (to be the author of)
Armenian
2 entries- գրել verb (to send a letter to)
- գրել verb (to be the author of)
Bashkir
1 entries- яҙыу verb (to send a letter to)
Bikol Central
1 entries- surat verb (to send a letter to)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пиша verb (to send a letter to)
- съчинявам verb (to be the author of)
Czech
2 entries- napsat verb (to send a letter to)
- psát verb (to be the author of)
Danish
4 entries- digte verb (to be the author of)
- forfatte verb (to be the author of)
- skrive verb (to send a letter to)
- skrive verb (to be the author of)
Dutch
2 entries- schrijven verb (to be the author of)
- schrijven (naar) verb (to send a letter to)
Esperanto
2 entries- skribi al verb (to send a letter to)
- verki verb (to be the author of)
Estonian
2 entries- kirjutama verb (to send a letter to)
- kirjutama verb (to be the author of)
Ewe
1 entries- ŋlɔ verb (to be the author of)
Finnish
2 entries- kirjoittaa verb (to send a letter to)
- kirjoittaa verb (to be the author of)
French
3 entries- rédiger verb (to be the author of)
- écrire verb (to be the author of)
- écrire à verb (to send a letter to)
German
4 entries- dichten verb (to be the author of)
- schreiben verb (to send a letter to)
- schreiben verb (to be the author of)
- texten verb (to be the author of)
Greek
1 entries- γράφω verb (to send a letter to)
Hebrew
2 entries- כָּתַב verb (to send a letter to)
- כָּתַב verb (to be the author of)
Hungarian
3 entries- megír verb (to be the author of)
- ír verb (to send a letter to)
- ír verb (to be the author of)
Icelandic
2 entries- rithöfundur verb (to be the author of)
- skrifa utan á bréf verb (to send a letter to)
Indonesian
1 entries- tulis verb (to send a letter to)
Ingrian
1 entries- kirjuttaa verb (to be the author of)
Irish
2 entries- scríobh verb (to be the author of)
- scríobh chuig verb (to send a letter to)
Italian
1 entries- scrivere a verb (to send a letter to)
Japanese
2 entries- 書く verb (to send a letter to)
- 書く verb (to be the author of)
Kashmiri
2 entries- لیکھُن verb (to send a letter to)
- لیکھُن verb (to be the author of)
Kazakh
1 entries- жазу verb (to send a letter to)
Latin
2 entries- scribo verb (to send a letter to)
- scribo verb (to be the author of)
Macedonian
2 entries- пишува verb (to send a letter to)
- пишува verb (to be the author of)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- hwandziha verb (to be the author of)
Norman
2 entries- écrire verb (to be the author of)
- êcrithe verb (to be the author of)
Northern Sami
2 entries- čállit verb (to send a letter to)
- čállit verb (to be the author of)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- skrive verb (to send a letter to)
- skrive verb (to be the author of)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- skriva verb (to send a letter to)
- skriva verb (to be the author of)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یازمق verb (to be the author of)
Portuguese
2 entries- escrever verb (to send a letter to)
- escrever verb (to be the author of)
Romanian
1 entries- scrie verb (to be the author of)
Russian
4 entries- написа́ть verb (to send a letter to)
- написа́ть verb (to be the author of)
- писать verb (to send a letter to)
- писать verb (to be the author of)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- písati verb (to send a letter to)
- písati verb (to be the author of)
- пи́сати verb (to send a letter to)
- пи́сати verb (to be the author of)
Sotho
1 entries- ngola verb (to be the author of)
Spanish
2 entries- escribir verb (to be the author of)
- escribir a verb (to send a letter to)
Swedish
2 entries- skriva verb (to send a letter to)
- skriva verb (to be the author of)
Vietnamese
1 entries- viết verb (to be the author of)
Walloon
2 entries- scrire verb (to send a letter to)
- scrire verb (to be the author of)
West-Frisian
2 entries- skriuwe (oan immen) verb (to send a letter to)
- skriuwer verb (to be the author of)
Yucatec Maya
2 entries- tsʼíibt verb (to send a letter to)
- tsʼíibt verb (to be the author of)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.
Source: tatoeba (1828)
I have to write a letter. Do you have some paper?
Source: tatoeba (6117)
Didn't you write a letter to him?
Source: tatoeba (15834)
Showing 4 of 36 available sentences.