Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "pen" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

area near barn art supply store backpack box briefcase classroom desk drawer desktop drawer friend's house hotel neighbor's house office office supply store pocket purse school shop table

Capable Of

different colors mark sheet of paper mark spot

Defined As

book

Derived Terms

3D pen EpiPen J pen Pen Mill ball pen ball-point pen beard pen blast pen border pen bow pen brush pen bull pen bullpen cartridge pen cattle pen co-pen conductive pen copen cowpen crush pen dab pen dip one's pen in someone's inkwell dip pen don't dip your pen in company ink electric pen eraser pen feather pen felt pen felt-tip pen felt-tipped pen fountain pen fude pen fude-pen gel pen geometric pen glass dip pen glass pen goose pen goose-pen henpen hogpen impen ink pen judge's pen keelyvine pen knight of the pen laser pen lettering pen marker pen marking pen mispen music pen nib pen pen and ink pen and paper pen cancellation pen drive pen feather pen gun pen licence pen name pen painting pen pal pen pencil pen picture pen portrait pen register pen shell pen spinning pen test pen torch pen up pen-and-ink money pen-and-paper pen-and-wash pen-driver pen-mate pen-pusher pen-tailed treeshrew pencase pencentric pencraft pendom penfish penfold penfriend penful penholder penjamin penkeeper penkeeping penknife penless penlight penlike penlite penmaker penmaking penman penmanship pennable pennage penner penperson penpoint penrack penship penster penstroke pent pent-up pentail pentel pentel pen penthusiasm penthusiast pentop pentrough penwiper penwoman penwork pigpen playpen poison pen poison-pen letter potato pen put pen to paper pyropen quill pen re-pen reed pen repen robo-pen ruling pen sea pen set pen to paper shading pen shuck pen slip of the pen smartpen stylographic pen tactical pen technical pen the pen is mightier than the sword touch pen unpen vape pen vapor pen veto pen you don't dip your pen in company ink you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell you don't dip your pen in the company's ink you don't dip your pen in the inkwell

Derived From

penelope

Etymologically Related To

feather penitentiary petition pin pterodactyl

Has Part

ink

Context

baseball dialectal organic chemistry skating slang soccer speed zoology

Has Property

solid

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

correctional institution create verbally enclosure stationery swan writing implement

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

ballpoint pen cartridge pen felt-tip pen fountain pen ruling pen

Type Of (IsA)

animal container communication device container product cylindrical and holds ink enclosure object object people right with outdoor location spiky thing swan tool for writing writing implement writing instrument writing or drawing tool writing utensil

Made Of

plastic

Not Has Property

liquid

Receives Action

found in office found in school

Related Terms

pin pin-pen merger prison

Related Terms

bullpen cartilage cattle cell device domesticated enclose feather ink instrument light pen long nib paper penalty pencil prison qur sheep squid stick sura swan tool utensil wing write writing writing device writing instrument writing tool writing utensil

Synonym Network

penitentiary playpen write

Used For

creating stories and poems draw with drawing drawing picture filing out forms giving as gift hold animal hold chickens hold pigs holding animals holding hat down keep in animals keep pig in leaking in shirt pocket receiving as gift sign card signing checks signing name solve crossword puzzles taking notes write down important information write letter write note write poem write story write things down write words writing writing and drawing writing book writing letters writting on note

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