SCRIBE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SCRIBE?

Need another word that means the same as “scribe”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “scribe” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Scribe” are: copyist, scrivener, augustin eugene scribe, scratch awl, scriber, penman, scribbler, clerk, secretary, transcriber, amanuensis, recorder, record keeper, writer, author, journalist, reporter

Scribe as a Noun

Definitions of "Scribe" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “scribe” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• French playwright (1791-1861.
• Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts.
• A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
• A Jewish recordkeeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist.
• A pointed instrument used for making marks on wood, bricks, etc., to guide a saw or in signwriting.
• A writer, especially a journalist.
• Informal terms for journalists.
• A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut.

Synonyms of "Scribe" as a noun (17 Words)

amanuensis	Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation.
augustin eugene scribe	Informal terms for journalists.
author	The writings produced by a particular author. He is the author of several books on the subject.
clerk	An assistant in a shop. A chapter clerk.
copyist	Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts. The end of the first movement is in the hand of a copyist.
journalist	Someone who keeps a diary or journal. He was a seasoned TV journalist.
penman	Informal terms for journalists. This talented penman s work.
record keeper	Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events.
recorder	A person who keeps records. A recorder of rural life.
reporter	A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories.
scratch awl	A competitor who has withdrawn from competition.
scribbler	A person who writes for a living or as a hobby. Scribblers are forever borrowing other people s quotations.
scriber	A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut.
scrivener	A person who invested money at interest for clients and lent funds to those who wanted to raise money on security.
secretary	An official of a society or other organization who conducts its correspondence and keeps its records. She was secretary to David Wilby MP.
transcriber	A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance.
writer	A person who has written something or who writes in a particular way. Dickens was a prolific writer.

Associations of "Scribe" (30 Words)

anonymous	Having no outstanding, individual, or unusual features; unremarkable or impersonal. Anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service.
author	The writings produced by a particular author. I had to read authors I disliked.
autobiography	An account of a person’s life written by that person. He gives a vivid description of his childhood in his autobiography.
calligrapher	Someone skilled in penmanship.
compose	Form the substance of. He composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier.
copy	Send someone a copy of an email that is addressed to a third party. Catastrophes make good copy.
dictation	The activity of taking down a passage that is dictated by a teacher as a test of spelling, writing, or language skills. The dictation of letters.
disquisition	A long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject. Nothing can kill a radio show quicker than a disquisition on intertextual analysis.
doodle	Make a doodle draw aimlessly. The text was interspersed with doodles.
handwriting	Something written by hand. Her handwriting was small and neat.
hastily	In a hurried or hasty manner. Maybe I acted too hastily.
indite	Write; compose. He indites the wondrous tale of Our Lord.
journal	Write in a journal or diary. He reads the medical journals.
ledger	Fish using a ledger. Ledger tackle.
libretto	The words of an opera or musical play.
narrator	A person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem. His poetic efforts are mocked by the narrator of the story.
overseer	A person who supervises others, especially workers.
poet	A writer of poems the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry. He is more poet than academic because of his gift for language.
poetics	The art of writing poetry. The terminology of traditional poetics.
pseudonym	A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role. I wrote under the pseudonym of Evelyn Hervey.
publish	Print (something) in a book or journal so as to make it generally known. We publish practical reference books.
quickly	With little or no delay; promptly. He works quickly.
recognizance	A security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited. He was released on his own recognizance of 30 000.
rewrite	Rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose. Rewrite after rewrite was drafted to ensure the final version would pass muster.
scrawl	Write carelessly. He was scrawling on the back of a used envelope.
scribble	Write or draw (something) carelessly or hurriedly. Illegible scribbles.
sketch	Make a sketch of. A charcoal sketch.
typewriter	A machine with keys for producing alphabetical characters, numerals, and typographical symbols one at a time on paper inserted round a roller.
write	Write and send a letter to. He had to write a cheque for 800.
writer	A person who is able to write and has written something. Dickens was a prolific writer.