Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "ink" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

fountain pen ink bottle inkwell newspaper printer school squid store well

Capable Of

colour mark object stain cloth stain clothes

Derived Terms

China ink India ink Indian ink before the ink had time to dry before the ink was dry bioink bleed red ink deink digital ink don't dip your pen in company ink gall-nut ink gay as pink ink green ink brigade green-ink brigade green-ink letter ink ball ink bomb ink bottle ink cartridge ink converter ink disease ink dot ink eradicator ink eraser ink fountain ink in ink isn't dry on ink jet ink pad ink pen ink pot ink sac ink slinger ink syringe ink tag ink trap ink up ink well ink-block ink-cap ink-dot ink-jet printer ink-pad ink-pot ink-well inkable inkball inkberry inkblot inkbrush inkbush inkcap inkdot inken inker inkfish inkholder inkhorn inkish inkjet inkless inklike inkline inkmaker inkmaking inkpot inkprint inkproof inkshed inkslinger inkspot inkstain inkstand inkstandish inkstick inkstone inkwell inkwood inkwork inkwriter inky invisible ink iron-gall ink octopus ink overink pen and ink pen-and-ink money printer's ink printing ink red ink reink secret ink sling ink spill ink squid ink sympathetic ink the ink was not even dry you don't dip your pen in company ink you don't dip your pen in the company's ink

Context

slang

Has Property

black difficult to launder out of clothes inside of pens more permanent than pencil

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bodily fluid body fluid fill fill up humor humour liquid liquid body substance make full mark sign

Type Of (IsA)

artificial substance colored liquid darker than paper on fluid four treasures of study liquid liquid body substance liquid product messy when spills

Manner Of

fill mark sign

Part Of

pen

Receives Action

used as verb used in pen used in pens

Related Terms

atrament dye

Related Terms

abbreviation apply black black liquid black stuff black water blue cartridge cheap color container cover dark dye fluid for writing incorporated incorporated abbreviation juice liquid liquid markings liquid pen marking marking substance markings newspaper newspaper usage octopus paper pen pen fluid pen juice pen liquid pens pens use pigment printer printer cartridge publicity red wine sign smear squid stuff substance tattoo tool type usage use water writing writing fluid writing liquid writing tool

Synonym Network

ballyhoo endorse paint

Used For

coloring do calligraphy drawing drown humans dyeing filling pens make mark on paper marking printing tatooing write permanently writing letters

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.