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

Need another word that means the same as “write”? Find 57 synonyms and 30 related words for “write” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Write” are: drop a line, compose, indite, pen, spell, save, put in writing, write down, put down, put in black and white, commit to paper, jot down, note, note down, make a note of, set down, take down, mark down, record, register, log, list, make a list of, inscribe, sign, scribble, scrawl, pencil, write out, fill out, fill in, complete, draw up, draft, correspond, write a letter, communicate, get in touch, keep in touch, keep in contact, create, invent, think up, formulate, compile, put together, dash off, produce, describe, write about, write an article about, give an account of, characterize, portray, depict, outline, sketch

Write as a Verb

Definitions of "Write" as a verb

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

• Record data on a computer.
• Compose, write, and send (a letter) to someone.
• Add or remove a character to or from (a long-running story or series).
• Write and send a letter to.
• Have (one's written work) issued for publication.
• Fill in (a cheque.
• Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word.
• Mark or trace on a surface.
• Produce a literary work.
• Compose (a musical work.
• Take (an exam or test.
• Communicate by letter.
• Communicate (with) in writing.
• Underwrite (an insurance policy).
• Compose (a text or work) for written or printed reproduction or publication; put into literary form and set down in writing.
• Create code, write a computer program.
• Have the ability to mark coherent letters or words.
• Write music.
• Communicate or express by writing.
• Enter (data) into an electronic or magnetic storage device, or into a particular location in a computer’s file system.
• Describe in writing.
• Mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement.

Synonyms of "Write" as a verb (57 Words)

characterize	Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of. She characterized the period as the decade of revolution.
commit to paper	Confer a trust upon.
communicate	Impart or pass on (information, news, or ideas. His sudden fear communicated itself.
compile	Convert (a program) into a machine-code or lower-level form in which the program can be executed. The figures were compiled from a survey of 2 000 schoolchildren.
complete	Complete a pass. Complete your collection of Britain s brightest gardening magazine.
compose	Prepare (a text) for printing by manually, mechanically, or electronically setting up the letters and other characters in the order to be printed. The National Congress is composed of ten senators.
correspond	Exchange messages. Communication is successful when the ideas in the minds of the speaker and hearer correspond.
create	Create or manufacture a man made product. Create a furor.
dash off	Hurl or thrust violently.
depict	Represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form. This scene depicts country life.
describe	Identify as in botany or biology, for example. On the diameter of a circle an equilateral triangle is described.
draft	Select a player for a sports team through the draft. Riot police were drafted in to break up the blockade.
draw up	Get or derive.
drop a line	Take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth.
fill in	Assume, as of positions or roles.
fill out	Plug with a substance.
formulate	Prepare according to a formula. He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees.
get in touch	Purchase.
give an account of	Move in order to make room for someone for something.
indite	Produce a literary work. He indites the wondrous tale of Our Lord.
inscribe	Write a dedication to someone in (a book. The memorial is inscribed with ten names.
invent	Make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive someone. I did not have to invent any tales about my past.
jot down	Write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of.
keep in contact	Keep in a certain state, position, or activity.
keep in touch	Store or keep customarily.
list	Give or make a list of name individually give the names of. Am I listed in your register.
log	Enter an incident or fact in the log of a ship or aircraft or in another systematic record. The virus can log keystrokes that you make when you access all sorts of services.
make a list of	Make by combining materials and parts.
make a note of	Perform or carry out.
mark down	Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense.
note	Make a written note of. He noted down her address on a piece of paper.
note down	Make mention of.
outline	Draw up an outline or sketch for something. She outlined the case briefly.
pen	Write or compose. Olivia penned award winning poetry.
pencil	Write draw or colour with a pencil. He penciled a figure.
portray	Portray in words. The book portrayed him as a self serving careerist.
produce	Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques. The tree would not produce fruit.
put down	Estimate.
put in black and white	Put into a certain place or abstract location.
put in writing	Put into a certain place or abstract location.
put together	Cause (someone) to undergo something.
record	Make a record of set down in permanent form. They go into the studio next week to record their debut album.
register	Put one s name in a register as a guest in a hotel. I d like to register this letter.
save	Save from ruin destruction or harm. This approach saves wear and tear on the books.
scrawl	Write (something) in a hurried, careless way. He was scrawling on the back of a used envelope.
scribble	Write for a living or as a hobby. They scribbled potted and painted.
set down	Get ready for a particular purpose or event.
sign	Mark or consecrate with the sign of the cross. She signed her name in the book.
sketch	Make a sketch of. Sketch the building.
spell	Place under a spell. The letters spell the word how.
take down	Assume, as of positions or roles.
think up	Be capable of conscious thought.
write a letter	Mark or trace on a surface.
write about	Have (one’s written work) issued for publication.
write an article about	Create code, write a computer program.
write down	Produce a literary work.
write out	Have (one’s written work) issued for publication.

Usage Examples of "Write" as a verb

• He wrote under a pseudonym.
• She writes code faster than anybody else.
• I wrote him a short letter.
• He has written a song specifically for her.
• Thank you and goodbye. I'll write soon.
• He had written about the beauty of Andalucia.
• He wrote very neatly in blue ink.
• She wrote a bestselling novel.
• Eleanor wrote to her sister Laura in Paris.
• He wrote his name on the paper.
• He couldn't read or write.
• I wrote a letter to Alison.
• I didn't know you wrote poetry.
• Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon's death.
• I wrote Prof. Weldon's Middle English exam last week.
• If I could write the beauty of your eyes.
• He had to write a cheque for £800.
• Files can be read and written directly into the file system.

Associations of "Write" (30 Words)

afflatus	A strong creative impulse; divine inspiration. Divine afflatus.
author	Be the author of a book or piece of writing. I had to read authors I disliked.
bard	The winner of a prize for Welsh verse at an Eisteddfod. Our national bard Robert Burns.
dictation	Matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage. Passages for dictation.
essay	Attempt or try. Donald essayed a smile.
indite	Produce a literary work. He indites the wondrous tale of Our Lord.
interpolation	The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts. With the help of his friend s interpolations his story was eventually told.
journal	Write in a journal or diary. He reads the medical journals.
manuscript	An author’s handwritten or typed text that has not yet been published. Her autobiography remained in manuscript.
minstrel	Celebrate by singing in the style of minstrels. The exaggerated dialect of blackface minstrels.
notebook	A small book with blank or ruled pages for writing notes in. He copied the number into his notebook.
ode	A classical poem of a kind originally meant to be sung.
pen	An electronic device like a pen used in conjunction with a writing surface to enter commands or data into a computer. Olivia penned award winning poetry.
poem	A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines. Lyric poems.
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.
poetic	Of or relating to poetry. Poetic diction.
poetics	The study of linguistic techniques in poetry and literature. Both poetics and rhetoric make use of narrative structure.
prose	A passage of prose for translation into a foreign language. A short story in prose.
quatrain	A stanza of four lines.
script	Write a script for a play film or broadcast. The playwright scripted the movie.
shorthand	A method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols used especially for taking dictation The major systems of shorthand currently in use are those devised in 1837 by Sir Isaac Pitman and in the US in 1888 by John R Gregg 1867 1948. He took notes in shorthand.
sonnet	Celebrate in a sonnet. And in delightful Tones sit sonneting.
spell	Place under a spell. The plans would spell disaster for the economy.
stenographer	A person whose job is to transcribe speech in shorthand. A court stenographer.
text	A text message. The preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon.
transcribe	Arrange (a piece of music) for a different instrument, voice, or group of these. His largest early work was transcribed for organ.
transcription	Something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation. They produced a complete transcription of the journals.
verse	Speak in or compose verse versify. We were each required to recite a Bible verse from memory.
writer	Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay. The writer of the letter.
writing	The activity or skill of writing. Parents want schools to concentrate on reading writing and arithmetic.