Writing

//ˈɹaɪtɪŋ//

Synonyms for "writing" (237 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (48)

Strong matches (71)

Related words (118)

literary productionliterary talentliteraturelogogramlogographlucubrationmagnum opusmanuscriptmapmattermonogrammsmusical notationnonbooknonfictionnotationnotebooknovelnovel-writingofficial document
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opusopusculeopusculumoriginalpaperpaperbackpapersparchmentpenpencraftpenmanshippenscriptpersonal filephonetic characterphonetic symbolpictogrampictographic characterpicture bookpicturizationpiecepiece of writingplanplayplaybookplaywritingpocket bookpoemportraitureportrayalprayer bookprefigurementpresentmentprimerprintprinted matterprintingprintoutproductionprojectionpsalmbookpsalterpublicationreading matterready penrealizationrecensionrenderingrenditionrepresentationrewritingrollrudimentsschemascorescreedscripscriptscrivescrollsecond draftserialshort-story writingsignsketchbookskill with wordssoft coversoft-coversongbookstandard workstorybooksyllabarysyllabicsymboltablaturetechnical writingthe written wordtitletometrade booktranscripttranscriptiontypescriptverse-writingversionvolumeworkwritwritten character

Related word relations

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

16 relation types

More general

8 entries

Antonyms

6 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

1 entries

causes

29 entries

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derived

62 entries

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derived from

1 entries

distinct from

2 entries

form of

1 entries

has a

1 entries

has prerequisite

25 entries

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has property

2 entries

has subevent

158 entries

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is a

16 entries

related to

376 entries

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used for

42 entries

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Translations

305 translations across 103 languages.

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Acehnese

1 entries
  • teunuléh noun (something written)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skryfwerk noun (written letters or symbols)

Albanian

3 entries
  • shkrim noun (written letters or symbols)
  • shkrim noun (something written)
  • vepër noun (work of an author)

Amharic

1 entries
  • መጻፍ noun (written letters or symbols)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • γραφή noun (written letters or symbols)
  • γραφή noun (something written)
  • δέλτος noun (something written)

Arabic

4 entries
  • كتابة noun (written letters or symbols)
  • كتابة noun (something written)
  • كتبة noun (style of writing)
  • كِتَابَة noun (written letters or symbols)

Aramaic

4 entries
  • כתבא noun (written letters or symbols)
  • כתבא noun (something written)
  • ܟܬܒܐ noun (written letters or symbols)
  • ܟܬܒܐ noun (something written)

Armenian

4 entries
  • գիր noun (written letters or symbols)
  • գրելը noun (written letters or symbols)
  • գրություն noun (written letters or symbols)
  • գրություն noun (something written)

Aromanian

4 entries
  • scriari noun (written letters or symbols)
  • scriari noun (something written)
  • scriiturã noun (written letters or symbols)
  • scriiturã noun (something written)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • yazı noun (written letters or symbols)
  • yazı noun (process of representing a language)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • яҙма noun (written letters or symbols)
  • яҙма noun (something written)
  • яҙыу noun (process of representing a language)
  • яҙыу noun (style of writing)

Basque

1 entries
  • idazketa noun (written letters or symbols)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • пі́сьменнасць noun (written letters or symbols)
  • піса́нне noun (process of representing a language)
  • піса́ньне noun (process of representing a language)
  • пісьмо́ noun (written letters or symbols)

Bengali

1 entries
  • লিখন noun (written letters or symbols)

Breton

1 entries
  • skritur noun (written letters or symbols)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • на́дпис noun (something written)
  • пи́сане noun (written letters or symbols)
  • пи́сане noun (process of representing a language)
  • пи́сменост noun (written letters or symbols)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အရေးအသား noun (written letters or symbols)

Catalan

1 entries
  • escriptura noun (written letters or symbols)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • نوسین noun (written letters or symbols)
  • نوسین noun (work of an author)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries
  • sykýˀ-ja noun (written letters or symbols)

Chechen

1 entries
  • йаздар noun (written letters or symbols)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 寫作 /写作 noun (process of representing a language)
  • 寫作 /写作 noun (work of an author)
  • 文字 noun (written letters or symbols)
  • 著作 noun (work of an author)

Czech

4 entries
  • psaní noun (process of representing a language)
  • písmo noun (written letters or symbols)
  • spis noun (something written)
  • spis noun (work of an author)

Danish

1 entries
  • skrift noun (written letters or symbols)

Dari

2 entries
  • نَوِشْتَه noun (written letters or symbols)
  • نَوِیسَنْدَگِی noun (process of representing a language)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geschrift noun (written letters or symbols)
  • geschrift noun (something written)
  • geschrijf noun (process of representing a language)
  • oeuvre noun (work of an author)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • Y3-Y1V noun (written letters or symbols)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • skribaĵo noun (something written)
  • skribo noun (written letters or symbols)

Estonian

4 entries
  • kiri noun (written letters or symbols)
  • kirjatöö noun (work of an author)
  • kirjutamine noun (process of representing a language)
  • kirjutis noun (something written)

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • escreviúra noun (written letters or symbols)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kirjoittaminen noun (process of representing a language)
  • kirjoitus noun (written letters or symbols)
  • kirjoitus noun (something written)
  • kirjoitus noun (work of an author)

French

4 entries
  • écrit noun (something written)
  • écriture noun (written letters or symbols)
  • écriture noun (process of representing a language)
  • œuvre noun (work of an author)

Friulian

2 entries
  • scriture noun (written letters or symbols)
  • scriture noun (something written)

Galician

1 entries
  • escrita noun (written letters or symbols)

Georgian

1 entries
  • წერა noun (written letters or symbols)

German

4 entries
  • Arbeit noun (work of an author)
  • Schreiben noun (process of representing a language)
  • Schrift noun (written letters or symbols)
  • Schrift noun (something written)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 noun (something written)
  • 𐌼𐌴𐌻 noun (written letters or symbols)

Greek

4 entries
  • έγγραφο noun (something written)
  • έργο noun (work of an author)
  • γραπτό noun (something written)
  • γραφή noun (written letters or symbols)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • כְּתִיבָה noun (written letters or symbols)
  • כְּתִיבָה noun (process of representing a language)
  • כְּתָב noun (style of writing)
  • כְּתוּבִים noun (something written)

Hindi

4 entries
  • रचना noun (work of an author)
  • लिखाई noun (written letters or symbols)
  • लिखित noun (something written)
  • लेख noun (something written)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • írás noun (written letters or symbols)
  • írás noun (something written)
  • írás noun (process of representing a language)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skrift noun (written letters or symbols)

Ido

1 entries
  • skribado noun (written letters or symbols)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • karangan noun (work of an author)
  • kepenulisan noun (process of representing a language)
  • penulisan noun (process of representing a language)
  • tulisan noun (written letters or symbols)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • scriptura noun (process of representing a language)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • نِوِشْتِه noun (written letters or symbols)
  • نِویسَنْدِگی noun (process of representing a language)

Irish

1 entries
  • scríbhneoireacht noun (written letters or symbols)

Italian

2 entries
  • scrittura noun (written letters or symbols)
  • scrittura noun (style of writing)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ライティング noun (process of representing a language)
  • 執筆 noun (process of representing a language)
  • 文字 noun (written letters or symbols)
  • 書くこと noun (process of representing a language)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಬರವಣಿಗೆ noun (written letters or symbols)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • pamagsulat noun (written letters or symbols)
  • pamanyulat noun (written letters or symbols)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жазу noun (written letters or symbols)
  • жазу noun (process of representing a language)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ការសរសេរ noun (written letters or symbols)

Korean

4 entries
  • 문자 noun (written letters or symbols)
  • 쓰기 noun (written letters or symbols)
  • 쓰기 noun (process of representing a language)
  • 저작 noun (work of an author)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • жазуу noun (written letters or symbols)
  • жазуу noun (process of representing a language)

Ladino

1 entries
  • eskritura noun (process of representing a language)

Lao

1 entries
  • ການຂຽນ noun (written letters or symbols)

Latin

4 entries
  • caudex noun (written letters or symbols)
  • codex noun (written letters or symbols)
  • scriptum noun (written letters or symbols)
  • scriptum noun (something written)

Latvian

1 entries
  • rakstīšana noun (written letters or symbols)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • rašymas noun (written letters or symbols)

Luganda

2 entries
  • empandiika noun (style of writing)
  • okuwandiika noun (process of representing a language)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Schrëft noun (written letters or symbols)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • пишување noun (written letters or symbols)
  • пишување noun (process of representing a language)

Malay

3 entries
  • penulisan noun (written letters or symbols)
  • tulisan noun (written letters or symbols)
  • tulisan noun (something written)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • എഴുത്ത് noun (written letters or symbols)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kitba noun (written letters or symbols)

Marathi

2 entries
  • लेखन noun (written letters or symbols)
  • लेखन noun (something written)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • бичиг noun (written letters or symbols)
  • бичлэг noun (process of representing a language)
  • бичлэг noun (style of writing)
  • бичмэл noun (something written)

Norman

3 entries
  • êcrithie noun (something written)
  • êcrituthe noun (written letters or symbols)
  • êcrituthe noun (process of representing a language)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skrift noun (written letters or symbols)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • skrift noun (written letters or symbols)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • سواد noun (written letters or symbols)
  • سواد noun (something written)
  • سواد noun (process of representing a language)
  • یازی noun (written letters or symbols)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Schreft noun (written letters or symbols)
  • Schreft noun (something written)

Polish

4 entries
  • dzieło noun (work of an author)
  • napis noun (something written)
  • pisanie noun (process of representing a language)
  • pismo noun (written letters or symbols)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • escrita noun (written letters or symbols)
  • escrita noun (something written)
  • escrita noun (process of representing a language)
  • letra noun (style of writing)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਲਿਖਾਈ noun (written letters or symbols)

Quechua

1 entries
  • qillqa noun (written letters or symbols)

Romanian

4 entries
  • scriere noun (written letters or symbols)
  • scriere noun (something written)
  • scriitură noun (something written)
  • scris noun (process of representing a language)

Russian

4 entries
  • за́пись noun (something written)
  • на́дпись noun (something written)
  • пи́сьменность noun (written letters or symbols)
  • писа́ние noun (something written)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sgrìobhadh noun (written letters or symbols)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pisanje noun (written letters or symbols)
  • писање noun (written letters or symbols)

Slovak

3 entries
  • písanie noun (written letters or symbols)
  • písanie noun (process of representing a language)
  • písmo noun (written letters or symbols)

Slovene

3 entries
  • pisanje noun (process of representing a language)
  • pisava noun (written letters or symbols)
  • zapis noun (something written)

Spanish

4 entries
  • escripto noun (something written)
  • escripto noun (work of an author)
  • escriptura noun (written letters or symbols)
  • escriptura noun (something written)

Swahili

4 entries
  • andiko noun (written letters or symbols)
  • maandiko noun (something written)
  • maandiko noun (process of representing a language)
  • maandiko noun (work of an author)

Swedish

2 entries
  • skrift noun (written letters or symbols)
  • skrivkonst noun (written letters or symbols)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • panulatan noun (process of representing a language)
  • panulatan noun (style of writing)

Tajik

1 entries
  • нависандагӣ noun (process of representing a language)

Tamil

2 entries
  • எழுதுதல் noun (written letters or symbols)
  • எழுத்து noun (written letters or symbols)

Telugu

3 entries
  • రచన noun (work of an author)
  • రచనలు noun (work of an author)
  • రాత noun (written letters or symbols)

Thai

1 entries
  • การเขียน noun (written letters or symbols)

Tuoba

1 entries
  • 地何 noun (written letters or symbols)

Turkish

4 entries
  • yazı noun (written letters or symbols)
  • yazı noun (something written)
  • yazı noun (process of representing a language)
  • yazı noun (work of an author)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ýazuw noun (process of representing a language)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • писа́ння noun (something written)
  • писа́ння noun (process of representing a language)
  • писе́мність noun (written letters or symbols)
  • письмо́ noun (written letters or symbols)

Urdu

1 entries
  • لیکَھن noun (written letters or symbols)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • يېزىق noun (written letters or symbols)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • yozuv noun (written letters or symbols)
  • yozuv noun (process of representing a language)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chữ viết noun (written letters or symbols)

Võro

1 entries
  • kirotaminõ noun (process of representing a language)

Welsh

2 entries
  • ysgrif noun (something written)
  • ysgrifen noun (written letters or symbols)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שריפֿט noun (written letters or symbols)

Yucatec Maya

2 entries
  • tsʼíib noun (written letters or symbols)
  • tsʼíib noun (something written)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I utterly despise formal writing!

Source: tatoeba (1470)

There was always too much superfluous writing in his essays.

Source: tatoeba (1951)

Are you writing a letter?

Source: tatoeba (16010)

Though imperfectly, he finished writing his manuscript.

Source: tatoeba (18866)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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