Need another word that means the same as “text”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “text” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Text” are: school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook, textual matter, book, work, printed work, narrative, words, wording, transcript, script, passage, extract, quotation, verse, line, theme, subject, topic, issue, point, motif
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “text” as a noun can have the following definitions:
book | A bookmaker s record of bets accepted and money paid out. The book of Isaiah. |
extract | A preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form. A shampoo with extract of camomile. |
issue | Supplies as food or clothing or ammunition issued by the government. He died without issue. |
line | A contour or outline considered as a feature of design or composition. I can t draw a straight line. |
motif | A leitmotif or figure. The colourful hand painted motifs which adorn narrowboats. |
narrative | The practice or art of telling stories. The dialogue and the narrative suffer from awkward syntax. |
passage | A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building a passageway. He picked up the newspaper and read the passage again. |
point | The angular interval between two successive points of a compass i e one eighth of a right angle 11 15. It took her a long time to come to the point. |
printed work | A picture or design printed from an engraving. |
quotation | A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. A great argument with much quotation of Darwin. |
school text | A large group of fish. |
schoolbook | A textbook used in a school. |
script | Writing using a particular alphabet. Her neat tidy script. |
subject | The subject matter of a conversation or discussion. Subjects were asked to complete a questionnaire. |
text edition | A passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon. |
textbook | A book used as a standard work for the study of a particular subject. His economics textbook is in its tenth edition. |
textual matter | Having consequence. |
theme | The first major constituent of a clause, indicating the subject matter, typically being the subject but optionally other constituents, as in ‘smitten he is not’. The first violin takes up the theme high up in its register. |
topic | Some situation or event that is thought about. It was a very sensitive topic. |
transcript | Something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech. He read a transcript of the interrogation. |
verse | Literature in metrical form. Verse drama. |
wording | The manner in which something is expressed in words. The standard form of wording for a consent letter. |
words | The words that are spoken. I listened to his words very closely. |
work | A place where work is done. Extra costs caused by additional building works. |
alphabet | A character set that includes letters and is used to write a language. The first letter of the alphabet. |
annotate | Add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment. He annotated on what his teacher had written. |
annotation | A comment or instruction (usually added. Annotation of prescribed texts. |
bibliography | A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix. A bibliography of his publications. |
decipher | Convert code into ordinary language. Visual signals help us decipher what is being communicated. |
descriptive | Describing or classifying in an objective and non-judgemental way. The text contains some good descriptive passages. |
dictation | Speech intended for reproduction in writing. He signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it. |
document | Support or accompany with documentation. The parents documented every step of their child s development. |
dramaturgy | The theory and practice of dramatic composition. Studies of Shakespeare s dramaturgy. |
hieroglyphic | Resembling hieroglyphic writing. Without the Rosetta Stone it is likely that Egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery. |
indent | An indentation. An indentured servant. |
indentation | The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion. An indentation for each change of speaker. |
inscription | Letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something. The inscription on her headstone. |
lexicographer | A compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language. |
linguistic | Relating to language or linguistics. A child s linguistic ability. |
notation | A note or annotation. Algebraic notation. |
palimpsest | Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. Sutton Place is a palimpsest of the taste of successive owners. |
paragraph | Write about in a paragraph. The concluding paragraph. |
quote | A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. He is quoted as 9 2 favourite to score the first goal of the match. |
record | Anything such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph providing permanent evidence of or information about past events. They recorded her singing. |
stenographer | A person whose job is to transcribe speech in shorthand. A court stenographer. |
subliminal | (of a stimulus or mental process) below the threshold of sensation or consciousness; perceived by or affecting someone’s mind without their being aware of it. |
summarize | Give a summary (of. I will now summarize. |
transcribe | Rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended. The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant. |
transcript | A written or printed version of material originally presented in another medium. You can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self addressed envelope to the station. |
transcription | A written or printed version of something; a transcript. They produced a complete transcription of the journals. |
transliterate | Rewrite in a different script. Names from one language are often transliterated into another. |
verbatim | Copied, quoted, or translated in exactly the same words as were used originally. Repeated their dialog verbatim. |
write | Underwrite an insurance policy. She writes code faster than anybody else. |
writing | Handwriting. A leather product with gold writing on it. |
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