Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

email number

Typical Location

alphabet document folder envelope letterboxes mail mail box post office

Capable Of

reply to email written communication between people

Derived Terms

Claudian letters Dear Colleague letter Dear Jane letter Dear John letter French letter Greek letter Greek-letter Letter of Jeremiah Red-Letter Christian Sloan letter Stephanus letter Sunday letter accountant's letter advisory letter air letter airletter apostolic letter begging letter beletter big letter black letter black letter day black letter law black-letter black-letter day black-letter law block letter bloodletter bread-and-butter letter bubble letter bye-letter call letters canine letter capital letter chain letter circular letter comfort letter commercial letter of credit cover letter covering letter crank letter criss-cross letter crossed letter day letter dead letter dead letter office deficiency letter demand letter dog's letter dominical letter double letter drive letter drop letter empty letter encyclical letter fan letter form letter four-letter four-letter word green-ink letter guarantee letter in capital letters investment letter irrevocable letter of credit letter agreement letter art letter au letter balance letter bank letter blindness letter bomb letter bond letter box letter by letter letter card letter carrier letter case letter column letter corporal letter grade letter jacket letter magic letter missive letter of administration letter of advice letter of attorney letter of comfort letter of comment letter of composition letter of conduct letter of counter-mart letter of countermarque letter of countermart letter of credence letter of credit letter of good conduct letter of guarantee letter of indemnity letter of intent letter of introduction letter of last resort letter of marque letter of marque and reprisal letter of mart letter of motivation letter of recall letter of recommendation letter of reference letter of regret letter of relaxation letter of safe conduct letter of testamentary letter of the law letter of wishes letter opener letter paper letter patent letter perfect letter ruling letter security letter sheet letter stock letter telegram letter to the editor letter warrant letter writer letter-box letter-carrier letter-high letter-perfect letter-quality letter-quality printing letter-size letter-spacing letter-stamp letter-writer letteral letterboard letterbook letterbox letterboxing lettercard lettercol lettered letteree letterer letterform letterfounder lettergram letterhack letterhead letterheading lettering letterleaf letterless letterlike letterlocking letterly letterman lettermark letterplace letterpress letters letters after one's name letters close letters credential letters of administration letters of credence letters of horning letters of marque letters of marque and reprisal letters of peace letters of request letters pacifical letters patent letters patents letters requisitory letters rogatory letters testamentary letterset letterspace letterspacing letterweight letterwinner letterwise letterwood letterzine love letter lunar letter market letter moon letter name-letter effect near letter-quality news letter news-letter newsletter night letter no-action letter nonletter nundinal letter open letter pacifical letters pastoral letter poison pen letter poison-pen letter post-nominal letters pre-approval letter presidential letter proffer letter pseudoletter query letter red letter red letter date red letter day red letter law red-letter red-letter day red-letter edition reference letter regret letter reletter rhyme letter royal letter scarlet letter sea letter ship letter side letter small letter solar letter stick letter suicide letter sun letter superior letter swash letter target letter teleletter three-letter agency time letter of credit to the letter transmittal letter varsity letter white-letter hairstreak

Derived From

han

Distinct From

email number numbers

Context

canada printing scholastic us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accolade award character document earn garner graph grapheme graphic symbol honor honour impress laurels literal interpretation owner print proprietor text textual matter win write

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

epistle missive

Type Of (IsA)

award character document literal interpretation normally owner piece of paper symbol text unit of language writen on kind of paper

Made Of

paper

Manner Of

earn print write

Part Of

alphabet correspondence english alphabet mail spelling syllable word

Receives Action

found in word mailed at post office mailed via usps put into letter slot sent through mail sent to with address

Related Terms

literacy literal literary literate literature

Related Terms

abc abcs alphabet alphabet character alphabet component alphabet components alphabet digit alphabet element alphabet individual alphabet item alphabet member alphabet part alphabet parts alphabet piece alphabet single alphabet soup alphabet symbol alphabet thing alphabet unit alphabetical alphabetical unit alphabets alphanumeric alphanumeric symbol also basic basic unit before before email books box brief by book by numbers by post card case character communication communication device communication writing component components consonant consonant vowel consonants consonants vowels contents correspondence correspondence also dear dear john dear mom dear someone delivered device digit document drawing earn element email envelop envelope envelope contents envelope filler envelope size envelope sized envelope stamp envelopes epistle filler friend hand hand written handwritten handwritten thing hieroglyph hinder home in alphabet in alphabets in books in envelope in envelopes in mail in mailing inch individual individual one inside inside envelope intended item john keyboards let let out letter of law lines literacy literal literary literate literature long long correspondence long memo long note love love nite love note lower lower case mail mail box mail correspondence mail item mail one mail page mail something mailbox mailboxes mailed mailed correspondence mailed missive mailed note mailing mailing notes meaning member memo message millimetre missive mom nite note note home note mailed notes number object of alphabet office on paper on stationary one one alphabet one character one of one symbol one thing or envelope page page envelope paper paper communication paper email paper message paper writing part part alphabet parts personal personal mail personal note piece post post delivered post office postal postal communication postal item postal note postcard posted posted message postmarked put put in received received mail remote retard send send mail send post sent sent mail sent message sent note sent post sign single single alphabet single character singularity singularity alphabet six size sized small smaller snail snail mail someone soup spirit stamp stamps stationary symbol twenty twenty six typographic typographic unit typography unit varsity letter vowel vowel consonant vowels vowels consonants worded worded paper write write friend writing writing on writing page writing sent written written communication written correspondence written document written mail written missive written note written object written page written post yes

Similar Terms

without fail

Synonym Network

bookstaff perfection

Used For

accept position alphabet change spelling of word communicate to friend communicate with in another country communication conveying info expressing feelings getting information giving information greet keeping in touch with friend make complaint make deal make invitation make sale making words marketing post reading sending reminder spell spelling word spelling words tell love turn down offer write dear john writing to friend or business

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