Classes Intellectual Faculties Means of Communicating Ideas Conventional Means
Conventional Means
Nouns
language
phraseology etc. Style
speech etc. Speech
tongue, lingo, vernacular
mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue
household words
King's English, Queen's English
dialect etc. Neologism . confusion of tongues, Babel, pasigraphie
pantomime etc. (signs) Indication
onomatopoeia
betacism, mimmation, myatism, nunnation
pasigraphy. lexicology, philology, glossology, glottology
linguistics, chrestomathy
paleology, paleography
comparative grammar. literature, letters, polite literature, muses, humanities, republic of letters, dead languages, classics
genius of language
scholarship etc. (scholar) Scholar .
Adjectives
lingual, linguistic
dialectic
vernacular, current
bilingual
diglot, hexaglot, polyglot
literary.
Phrases
syllables govern the world" [Selden] .
Nouns
letter
character
hieroglyphic etc. (writing) Writing
type etc. (printing) Printing
capitals
digraph, trigraph
ideogram, ideograph
majuscule, minuscule
majuscule, minuscule
alphabet, ABC, abecedary, christcross-row. consonant, vowel
diphthong, triphthong [Gramm.]
mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural. syllable
monosyllable, dissyllable, polysyllable
affix, suffix. spelling, orthograph
phonography, phonetic spelling
anagrammatism, metagrammatism. cipher, monogram, anagram
doubleacrostic.
Adjectives
literal
alphabetical, abecedarian
syllabic
majuscular, minuscular
uncial etc. (writing) Writing .
Nouns
word, term, vocable
name etc. Nomenclature
phrase etc. Phrase
root, etymon
derivative
part of speech etc. (grammar) Grammar
ideophone. dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, glossary
index, concordance
thesaurus
derivation
glossology, terminology orismology
paleology etc. (philology) Language . lexicography
glossographer etc. (scholar) Scholar
lexicologist, verbarian.
Adjectives
verbal, literal
titular, nominal. conjugate [Similarly derived] , paronymous
derivative.
Phrases
the artillery of words" [Swift] .
Nouns
neology, neologism
newfangled expression, nonce expression
back-formation
caconym
barbarism. archaism, black letter, monkish Latin. corruption, missaying, malapropism, antiphrasis. pun, paranomasia, play upon words
word play etc. (wit) Wit
palindrome, paragram, anagram, clinch
abuse of language, abuse of terms. dialect, brogue, idiom, accent, patois
provincialism, regionalism, localism
broken English, lingua franca
Anglicism, Briticism, Gallicism, Scotticism, Hibernicism
Americanism
Gypsy lingo, Romany
pidgin, pidgin English, pigeon English
Volapuk, Chinook, Esperanto, Hindustani, kitchen Kaffir. dog Latin, macaronics, gibberish
confusion of tongues, Babel
babu English, chi-chi. figure of speech etc. (metaphor) Metaphor
byword. colloquialism, informal speech, informal language. substandard language, vernacular. vulgar language, obscene language, obscenity, vulgarity. jargon, technical terms, technicality, lingo, slang, cant, argot
St. Gile's Greek, thieves' Latin, peddler's French, flash tongue, Billingsgate, Wall Street slang. pseudology. pseudonym etc. (misnomer) Misnomer
Mr. So-and-so
wha d'ye call 'em, whatchacallim, what's his name
thingummy, thingumbob
coiner of words.
Verbs
coin words, coin a term
backform
Americanize, Anglicize.
Adjectives
neologic, neological
archaic
obsolete etc. (old) Oldness
colloquial
Anglice.
Nouns
nomenclature
naming etc. v.
nuncupation, nomination, baptism
orismology
onomatopoeia
antonomasia. name
appelation, appelative
designation, title
heading, rubric
caption
denomination
by-name, epithet. style, proper name
agnomen, cognomen
patronymic, surname
cognomination
eponym
compellation, description, antonym
empty title, empty name
handle to one's name
namesake. term, expression, noun
byword
convertible terms etc. Interpretation
technical term
cant etc. Neologism .
Verbs
name, call, term, denominate designate, style, entitle, clepe, dub, christen, baptize, characterize, specify, define, distinguish by the name of
label etc. (mark) Indication . be called etc. v.
take the name of, bean the name of, go by the name of, be known by the name of, go under the name of, pass under the name of, rejoice in the name of.
Adjectives
named etc. v.
hight, ycleped, known as
what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly. nuncupatory, nuncupative
cognominal, titular, nominal, orismological.
Phrases
beggar'd all description" [Antony and Cleopatra] .
Nouns
misnomer
Mrs. Malaprop
what d'ye call 'em etc. (neologism) Neologism
Hoosier. nickname, sobriquet, by-name
assumed name, assumed title
alias
nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de plume
pseudonym, pseudonymy.
Verbs
misname, miscall, misterm
nickname
assume a name.
Adjectives
misnamed etc. v.
pseudonymous
self called, self styled, self christened
so-called. nameless, anonymous
without a having no name
innominate, unnamed
unacknowledged.
Nouns
phrase, expression, set phrase
sentence, paragraph
figure of speech etc. Metaphor
idiom, idiotism
turn of expression
style. paraphrase etc. (synonym) Interpretation
periphrase etc. (circumlocution) Diffuseness
motto etc. (proverb) Maxim . phraseology etc. Style .
Verbs
express, phrase
word, word it
give words to, give expression to
voice
arrange in words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words
couch in terms
find words to express
speak by the card
call, denominate, designate, dub.
Adjectives
expressed etc. v.
idiomatic.
Adverbs
in round terms, in set terms, in good set terms, set terms
in set phrases.
Nouns
grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation
parts of speech
jussive
syllabication
inflection, case, declension, conjugation
Lindley Murray etc. (schoolbook) School
correct style, philology etc. (language) Language .
Verbs
parse, punctuate, syllabicate.
Nouns
solecism
bad grammar, false grammar, faulty grammar
slip of the pen, slip of the tongue
slipslop
bull
barbarism, impropriety.
Verbs
use bad grammar, faulty grammar
solecize, commit a solecism
murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English, break Priscian's head.
Adjectives
ungrammatical
incorrect, inaccurate
faulty
improper, incongruous
solecistic, solecistical.
Nouns
style, diction, phraseology, wording
manner, strain
composition
mode of expression, choice of words
mode of speech, literary power, ready pen, pen of a ready writer
command of language etc. (eloquence) Speech
authorship
Verbs
express by words etc. Phrase
write.
Phrases
le style c'est de l'homme [Buffon]
style is the dress of thoughts" [Chesterfield] . Various Qualities of Style
Adjectives
obscure etc. n.
crabbed, involved, confused.
Nouns
conciseness etc. adj.
brevity, the soul of wit, " laconism
Tacitus
ellipsis
syncope
abridgment etc. (shortening) Shortness
compression etc. Contraction
epitome etc. Compendium
monostich
brunch word, portmanteau word.
Adjectives
concise, brief, short, terse, close
to the point, exact
neat, compact
compressed, condensed, pointed
laconic, curt, pithy, trenchant, summary
pregnant
compendious etc. (compendium) Compendium
succinct
elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp
sententious.
Adverbs
concisely etc. adj.
briefly, summarily
in brief, in short, in a word, in a few words
for shortness sake
to come to the point, to make a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief
it comes to this, the long and the short of it is.
Nouns
diffuseness etc. adj.
amplification etc. v.
dilating etc. v.
verbosity, verbiage, cloud of words
flow of words etc. (loquacity) Loquacity
looseness. Polylogy, tautology, battology, perissology
pleonasm, exuberance, redundancy
thrice-told tale
prolixity
circumlocution, ambages
periphrase, periphrasis
roundabout phrases
episode
expletive
pennya-lining
richness etc. Ornament .
Verbs
be diffuse etc. adj.
run out on, descant, expatiate, enlarge, dilate, amplify, expand, inflate
launch out, branch out
rant. maunder, prose
harp upon etc. (repeat) Repetition
dwell on, insist upon. digress, ramble, beat about the bush, perorate, spin a long yarn, protract
spin out, swell out, draw out
battologize.
Adjectives
diffuse, profuse
wordy, verbose, largiloquent, copious, exuberant, pleonastic, lengthy
longsome, long-winded, longspun, long drawn out
spun out, protracted, prolix, prosing, maundering
circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious, roundabout
digressive
discursive, excursive
loose
rambling episodic
flatulent, frothy.
Adverbs
diffusely etc. adj.
at large
about it and about it.
Nouns
vigor, power, force
boldness, raciness etc. adj.
intellectual, force
spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy
verve, glow, fire, warmth
strong language
gravity, sententiousness
elevation, loftiness, sublimity. eloquence
command of words, command of language.
Adjectives
vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive
sensational. spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing
pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical
sententious. lofty, elevated, sublime
eloquent
vehement, petulant, impassioned
poetic.
Adverbs
in glowing terms, in good set terms, in no measured terms.
Phrases
thoughts that breath and words that burn" [Gray] .
Adjectives
feeble, bald, tame, meager, jejune, vapid, bland, trashy, lukewarm, cold, frigid, poor, dull, dry, languid
colorless, enervated
proposing, prosy, prosaic
unvaried, monotonous, weak, washy, wishy-washy
sketchy, slight. careless, slovenly, loose, lax (negligent) Neglect
slipshod, slipslop
inexact
puerile, childish
flatulent
rambling etc. (diffuse) Diffuseness .
Nouns
plainness etc. adj.
simplicity, severity
plain terms, plain English
Saxon English
household words
Verbs
call a spade 'a spade'
" plunge in medias res
come to the point.
Adjectives
plain, simple
unornamented, unadorned, unvarnished
homely, homespun
neat
severe, chaste, pure, Saxon
commonplace, matter-of-fact, natural, prosaic. dry, unvaried, monotonous etc. Feebleness .
Adverbs
in plain terms, in plain words, in plain English, in plain common parlance
point-blank.
Nouns
ornament
floridness etc. adj. . turgidity, turgescence
altiloquence etc. adj.
declamation, teratology
well-rounded periods
elegance etc. Elegance
orotundity. inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia
figurativeness etc. (metaphor) Metaphor . flourish
flowers of speech, flowers of rhetoric
frills of style, euphuism, euphemism. big-sounding words, high-sounding words
macrology, Alexandrine
inflation, pretension
rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad
fine writing
sesquipedality
Minerva press. phrasemonger
euphuist, euphemist.
Verbs
ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge
smell of the lamp.
Adjectives
ornament etc. v.
beautified etc. Ornament
ornate, florid, rich, flowery
euphuistic, euphemistic
sonorous
high-sounding, big-sounding
inflated, swelling, tumid
turgid, turgescent
pedantic, pompous, stilted
orotund
high flown, high flowing
sententious, rhetorical, declamatory
grandiose
grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent
sesquipedal, sesquipedalian
Johnsonian, mouthy
bombastic
fustian
frothy, flashy, flaming. antithetical, alliterative
figurative etc. Metaphor
artificial etc. (inelegant) Inelegance .
Nouns
elegance, purity, grace, ease
gracefulness, readiness etc. adj.
concinnity, euphony, numerosity
Atticism, classicalism, classicism. well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods
the right word in the right place
antithesis etc. Ornament . purist [Slang] .
Verbs
point an antithesis, round a period.
Adjectives
elegant, polished, classical, Attic, correct, Ciceronian, artistic
chaste, pure, Saxon, academical. graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping
unaffected, natural, unlabored
mellifluous
euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic
numerose, rhythmical. felicitous, happy, neat
well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed
Nouns
inelegance
stiffness etc. adj.
unlettered Muse" [Gray]
barbarism
slang etc. Neologism
solecism etc. Solecism
mannerism etc. (affectation) Affectation
euphuism
fustian etc. Ornament
cacophony
words that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jaw
marinism.
Adjectives
inelegant, graceless, ungraceful
harsh, abrupt
dry, stiff, cramped, formal
forced, labored
artificial, mannered, ponderous
awkward, uncourtly, unpolished
turgid etc. Ornament
affected, euphuistic
barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting
offensive to ears polite.
Nouns
voice
vocality
organ, lungs, bellows
good voice, fine voice, powerful voice etc. (loud) Loudness
musical voice etc. Melody. Concord
intonation
tone of voice etc. (sound) Sound . vocalization
cry etc. Cry
strain, utterance, prolation
exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis
enunciation, articulation
articulate sound, distinctness
clearness, of articulation
stage whisper
delivery. accent, accentuation
emphasis, stress
broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent
pronunciation. [Word similarly pronounced] homonym. orthoepy
cacoepy
euphony etc. (melody) Melody. Concord . gastriloquism, ventriloquism
ventriloquist
polyphonism, polyphonist. [Science of voice] phonology etc. (sound) Sound .
Verbs
utter, breathe
give utterance, give tongue
cry etc. (shout) Cry
ejaculate, rap out
vocalize, prolate, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth
whisper in the ear.
Adjectives
vocal, phonetic, oral
ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous
euphonious etc. (melodious) Melody. Concord .
Phrases
how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman" [Massinger]
the organ of the soul" [Longfellow]
thy voice is a celestial melody" [Longfellow] .
Nouns
aphony, aphonia
dumbness etc. adj.
obmutescence
absence of voice, want of voice
dysphony
cacoepy
silence etc. (taciturnity) Taciturnity
raucity
harsh voice etc. [Harsh sounds.] Stridoretc. Discord
falsetto, childish treble mute
" dummy.
Verbs
keep silence etc. Taciturnity
speak low, speak softly
whisper etc. (faintness) Faintness . silence
render mute, render silent
muzzle, muffle, suppress, smother, gag, strike dumb, dumfounder
drown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short. stick in the throat.
Adjectives
aphonous, dumb, mute
deafmute, deaf and dumb
mum
tongue-tied
breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless
mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerel
silent etc. (taciturn) Taciturnity
muzzled
inarticulate, inaudible. croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a raven
rough.
Adverbs
with bated breath, with the finger on the lips
in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice.
Nouns
speech, faculty of speech
locution, talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, prolation, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle
effusion. oration, recitation, delivery, say, speech, lecture, harangue, sermon, tirade, formal speech, peroration
speechifying
soliloquy etc. Soliloquy
allocution etc. Allocution
conversation etc. Conversation
salutatory : screed: valedictory [U.S.] . oratory
elocution, eloquence
rhetoric, declamation
grandiloquence, multiloquence
burst of eloquence
facundity
flow of words, command of words, command of language
power of speech, gift of the gab
spokesman
prolocutor, interlocutor
mouthpiece, Hermes
orator, oratrix, oratress
Demosthenes, Cicero
rhetorician
stump orator, platform orator
speechmaker, patterer, improvisatore.
Verbs
speak of
say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to
utter forth, pour forth
breathe, let fall, come out with
rap out, blurt out have on one's lips
have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue. break silence
open one's lips, open one's mouth
lift one's voice, raise one's voice
give the tongue, wag the tongue
talk, outspeak
put in a word or two, hold forth
make a speech, deliver a speech etc. n.
speechify, harangue, declaim, stump, flourish, recite, lecture, sermonize, discourse, be on one's legs
have one's say, say one's say
spout, rant, rave, vent one's fury, vent one's rage
expatiate etc. (speak at length) Diffuseness
speak one's mind, go on the stump, take the stump [U.S.] . soliloquize etc. Soliloquy
tell etc. (inform) Information
speak to etc. Allocution
talk together etc. Conversation . be eloquent etc. adj.
have a tongue in one's head, have the gift of the gab etc. n.. pass one's lips, escape one's lips
fall from the lips, fall from the mouth.
Adjectives
speaking etc.
spoken etc. v.
oral, lingual, phonetic, not written, unwritten, outspoken
eloquent, elocutionary
oratorical, rhetorical
declamatory
grandiloquent etc. Ornament
talkative etc. Loquacity
Ciceronian, nuncupative, Tullian.
Adverbs
orally etc. adj.
by word of mouth, viva voce, from the lips of.
Phrases
quoth he, said he etc.
action is eloquence" [Coriolanus]
pour the full tide of eloquence along" [Pope]
she speaks poignards and every word stabs" [Much Ado About Nothing]
speech is but broken light upon the depth of the speech is but broken light upon the depth of the unspoken" [G. Eliot]
to try thy eloquence now 'tis time" [Antony and Cleopatra] .
Nouns
inarticulateness
stammering etc. v.
hesitation etc. v.
impediment in one's speech
titubancy, traulism
whisper etc. (faint sound) Faintness
lisp, drawl, tardiloquence
nasal tone, nasal accent
twang
falsetto etc. (want of voice) Aphony
broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences. brogue etc. Neologism
slip of the tongue
Verbs
stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer
balbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together. mumble, mutter
maud, mauder
whisper etc. Faintness
mince, lisp
jabber, gibber
sputter, splutter
muffle, mump
drawl, mouth
croak
speak thick, speak through the nose
snuffle, clip one's words
murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English
mispronounce, missay.
Adjectives
stammering etc. v.
inarticulate, guttural, nasal
tremulous
affected.
Nouns
loquacity, loquaciousness
talkativeness etc. adj.
garrulity
multiloquence, much speaking. jaw
gabble
jabber, chatter
prate, prattle, cackle, clack
twaddle, twattle, rattle
caquet
blabber, bavardage, bibble-babble, gibble-gabble
small talk etc. (converse) Conversation . fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue
flow of words
verbosity etc. (diffuseness) Diffuseness
gift of the gab etc. (eloquence) Speech . talker
chatterer, chatterbox
babbler etc. v.
rattle
ranter
sermonizer, proser, driveler
blatherskite [U.S.]
gossip etc. (converse) Conversation
magpie, jay, parrot, poll, Babel
Verbs
be loquacious etc. adj.
talk glibly, pour forth, patter
prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw
blather, blatter, blether
rattle, rattle on
twaddle, twattle
babble, gabble
outtalk
talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse
expatiate etc. (speak at length) Diffuseness
gossip etc. (converse) Conversation
din in the ears etc. (repeat) Repetition
talk at random, talk nonsense etc. Absurdity
be hoarse with talking.
Adjectives
loquacious, talkative, garrulous, linguacious, multiloquous
largiloquent
chattering etc. v.
chatty etc. (sociable) Sociality
declamatory etc. Speech
open-mouthed. fluent, voluble, glib, flippant
long tongued, long winded etc. (diffuse) Diffuseness .
Adverbs
trippingly on the tongue
glibly etc. adj.
off the reel.
Phrases
the tongue running fast, the tongue running loose, the tongue running on wheels
all talk and no cider
foul whisperings are abroad" [Macbeth]
what a spendthrift is he of his tongue! " [Tempest] .
Nouns
silence, muteness, obmutescence
taciturnity, pauciloquy, costiveness, curtness
reserve, reticence etc. (concealment) Concealment . man of few words.
Verbs
be silent etc. adj.
keep silence, keep mum
hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw
not speak. etc. Speech
say nothing, keep one's counsel
seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth
put a bridle on one's tongue
bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth
make no sign, not let a word escape one
keep a secret etc. Concealment
not have a word to say
hush up, hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips
render mute etc. Aphony . stick in one's throat.
Adjectives
silent, mute, mum
silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave etc. (still) Silence
dumb etc. Aphony
unconversable. taciturn, sparing of words
closetongued
costive, inconversable, curt
reserved
reticent etc. (concealing) Concealment .
Int
shush!, tush!, silence!, mum!, hush!, chut! , hist!, tut!, chup! , mum's the word
keep your mouth shut! [Vulg.] .
Nouns
allocution, alloquy, address
speech etc. Speech
apostrophe, interpellation, appeal, invocation, salutation
word in the ear. [Feigned dialogue] dialogism. platform etc. School
plank
audience etc. (interview) Conversation .
Verbs
speak to, address, accost, make up to, apostrophize, appeal to, invoke
ball, salute
call to, halloo. take aside, take by the button
talk to in private. lecture etc. (make a speech) Speech .
Int
soho! , halloo!, hey!, hist!
Nouns
conversation, interlocution
collocution, colloquy, converse, confabulation, talk, discourse, verbal intercourse
oral communication, commerce
dialogue, duologue, trialogue. causerie, chat, chitchat
small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk
tattle, gossip, tittle-tattle
babble, babblement
tripotage, cackle, prittle-prattle, cancan
talk of the town, talk of the village. conference, parley, interview, audience, pourparler
tete-a-tete
reception
congress etc. (council) Council
powwow [U.S.] . hall of audience, durbar. palaver, debate, logomachy, war of words. gossip, tattler
Paul Pry
tabby
chatterer etc. (loquacity) Loquacity
interlocutor etc. (spokesman) Speech
conversationist, dialogist. the feast of reason and the flow of soul" [Pope]
Verbs
talk together, converse, confabulate
hold on a conversation, carry on a conversation, join in a conversation, engage in a conversation
put in a word
shine in conversation
bandy words
parley
palaver
chat, gossip, tattle
prate etc. (loquacity) Loquacity
powwow [U.S.] . discourse with, confer with, commune with, commerce with
hold converse, hold conference, hold intercourse
talk it over
be closeted with
talk with one in private, tete-a-tete.
Adjectives
conversing etc. v.
interlocutory
conversational, conversable
discursive, discoursive
chatty etc. (sociable) Sociality
colloquial.
Phrases
with thee conversing I forget all time" [Paradise Lost] .
Nouns
soliloquy, monologue, apostrophe
monology.
Verbs
Soliloquize
say to oneself, talk to oneself
say aside, think aloud, apostrophize.
Nouns
writing etc. v.
chirography, stelography, cerography
penmanship, craftmanship
quill driving
typewriting. writing, manuscript, MS.
these presents. stroke of the pen, dash of the pen
coupe de plume
line
headline
pen and ink. letter etc. Letter
uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic
contraction
Brahmi, Devanagari, Nagari
script. shorthand
stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy
secret writing, writing in cipher
cryptography, stenography
phonography, pasigraphy, Polygraphy, logography. copy
transcript, rescript
rough copy, fair copy
handwriting
signature, sign manual
autograph, monograph, holograph
hand, fist. calligraphy
good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand. cacography, griffonage, barbouillage
bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand
scribble etc. v.
ill-formed letters
pothooks and hangers. stationery
pen, quill, goose quill
pencil, style
paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table
blackboard
ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well
typewriter. transcription etc. (copy) [Result of imitation.] Copy
inscription etc. (record) Record
superscription etc. (indication) Indication
graphology. composition, authorship
graphoidea, graphomania
phrenoia. writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver
stenographer, typewriter, typist
writer for the press etc. (author) Book .
Verbs
write, pen
copy, engross
write out, write out fair
transcribe
scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch
interline
stain paper
write down etc. (record) Record
sign etc. (attest) Evidence [On one side.]
enface. compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate
dictate
inscribe, throw on paper, dash off
manifold. take up the pen, take pen in hand
shed ink, spill ink, dip one's pen in ink.
Adjectives
writing etc. v.
written etc. v.
in writing, in black and white
under one's hand. uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical.
Phrases
nature's noblest gift - my gray goose nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill" [Byron]
that mighty instrument of little men" [Byron]
the pen became a clarion" [Longfellow] .
Nouns
printing
block printing, type-printing
plate printing etc. Engraving (engraving)
the press etc. (publication) Publication
composition. print, letterpress, text
context, note, page, column. typography
stereotype, electrotype, aprotype
type, black letter, font, fount
pi, pie
capitals etc. (letters) Letter
brevier, bourgeois, pica boldface etc. , capitals, caps., catchword
composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick
italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype
lower case, upper case
make-up, matrix, matter, monotype
[point system] , Unsubstantiality -Existence /Inexistence point, Intrinsicality point, Intrinsicality -Existence /Inexistence point, Extrinsicality point, State point, Circumstance point, press room, press work
reglet, roman
running head, running title
scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay. folio etc. (book) Book
copy, impression, pull, proof, revise
author's proof, galley proof, press proof
press revise. printer, compositor, reader
printer's devil copyholder.
Verbs
print
compose
put to press, go to press
pass through the press, see through the press
publish etc. Publication
bring out
appear in print, rush into print
distribute, makeup, mortise, offset, overrun, rout.
Adjectives
printed etc. v.
in type
typographical etc. n.
solid in galleys.
Nouns
correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux
chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card
postal [U.S.] , card
despatch
dispatch
bulletin, these presents
rescript, rescription
post etc. (messenger) Messenger .
Verbs
correspond with
write to, send a letter to
keep up a correspondence.
Nouns
booklet
writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule
tract, tractate
livret
brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication
chap book. part, issue
album, portfolio
periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal. paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet
leaf, leaflet
fly leaf, page
quire, ream. [subdivisions of a book] chapter, section, head, article, paragraph, passage, clause
endpapers, frontispiece
cover, binding. folio, quarto, octavo
duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo. encyclopedia
encompilation. [collection of books] library, bibliotheca. press etc. (publication) Publication . [complete description] definitive work, treatise, comprehensive treatise (dissertation) Dissertation . [person who writes a book] writer, author, essayist, journalism
pen, scribbler, the scribbling race
literary hack, Grub-street writer
writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press
adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger
publicist
reporter, penny a liner
editor, subeditor
playwright etc. The Drama
poet etc. Poetry . bookseller, publisher
bibliopole, bibliopolist
librarian
bookstore, bookshop, bookseller's shop. knowledge of books, bibliography
book learning etc. (knowledge) Knowledge .
Phrases
among the giant fossils of my past" [E. B. Browning]
for authors nobler palms remain" [Pope]
I lived to write and wrote to live" [Rogers]
look in thy heart and write" [Sidney]
there is no Past so long as Books shall live" [Bulwer Lytton]
the public mind is the creation of the Master- the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers" [Disraeli]
volumes that I prize above my dukedom" [Tempest] .
Nouns
description, account, statement, report
expose etc. (disclosure) Disclosure
specification, particulars
state of facts, summary of facts
brief etc. (abstract) Compendium
return etc. (record) Record
guidebook etc. (information) Information . delineation etc. (representation) Representation
sketch
monograph
minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account
narration, recital, rehearsal, relation. historiography, chronography
historic Muse, Clio
history
biography, autobiography
necrology, obituary. narrative, history
memoir, memorials
annals etc. (chronicle) Record
saga
tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette
personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions
anecdote, ana, trait. work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press
fairy tale, nursery tale
fable, parable, apologue
dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator etc. v.
raconteur, historian etc. (recorder) Recorder
biographer, fabulist, novelist.
Verbs
describe
set forth etc. (state) Affirmation
draw a picture, picture
portray etc. (represent) Representation
characterize, particularize
narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again. unfold a tale etc. (disclose) Disclosure
tell
give an account of, render an account of
report, make a report, draw up a statement. detail
enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details
itemize.
Adjectives
descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn
historic
traditional, traditionary
legendary
anecdotic, storied
described etc. v..
Nouns
dissertation, treatise, essay
thesis, theme
monograph, tract, tractate, tractation
discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, homily, pandect
excursus. commentary, review, critique, criticism, article
leader, leading article
editorial
running commentary. investigation etc. (inquiry) Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question]
study etc. (consideration) Thought
discussion etc. (reasoning) Reasoning,
exposition etc. (explanation) Interpretation . commentator, critic, essayist, pamphleteer.
Verbs
expound upon a subject, dissert upon a subject, descant upon a subject, write upon a subject, touch upon a subject
treat a subject, treat a subject thoroughly, treat of a subject, take up a subject, ventilate a subject, discuss a subject, deal with a subject, go into a subject, go into a subject at length, canvass a subject, handle a subject, do justice to a subject. hold forth [oral dissertation] , discourse, delve into.
Adjectives
discursive, discoursive
disquisitionary
expository.
Nouns
compend, compendium
abstract, precis, epitome, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note
excerpt
synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus. album
scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book
extracts, excerpta, cuttings
fugitive pieces, fugitive writing
spicilegium, flowers, anthology, collectanea, analecta
compilation. recapitulation, resume, review. abbreviation, abbreviature
contraction
shortening etc. Shortness
compression etc. Contraction .
Verbs
abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize
make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract etc. n.. recapitulate, review, skim, run over, sum up. abbreviate etc. (shorten) Shortness
condense etc. (compress) Contraction
compile etc. (collect) Assemblage .
Adjectives
compendious, synoptic, analectic
abridged etc. v.
variorum.
Adverbs
in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words.
Nouns
poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful Nine, Parnassus, Helicon, Pierides, Pierian spring. versification, rhyming, making verses
prosody, orthometry. poem
epic, epic poem
epopee, epopoea, ode, epode, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, bucolic, dithyramb, anacreontic, sonnet, roundelay, rondo, madrigal, canzonet, cento, monody [Slang] , elegy
amoebaeum, ghazal, palinode. dramatic poetry, lyric poetry
opera
posy, anthology
ballad, lay
love song, drinking song, war song, sea song
lullaby
music etc. Music
nursery rhymes. [Bad poetry] doggerel, Hudibrastic verse, prose run mad
macaronics
macaronic verse, leonine verse
runes. canto, stanza, distich, verse, line, couplet, triplet, quatrain
strophe, antistrophe. verse, rhyme, assonance, crambo, meter, measure, foot, numbers, strain, rhythm
accentuation etc. (voice) Voice
dactyl, spondee, trochee, anapest etc.
hexameter, pentameter
Alexandrine
anacrusis, antispast, blank verse, ictus. elegiacs etc. adj.
elegiac verse, elegaic meter, elegaic poetry. poet, poet laureate
laureate
bard, lyrist, scald, skald, troubadour
minstrel
minnesinger
improvisatore
versifier, sonneteer
rhymer, rhymist, rhymester
ballad monger, runer
poetaster
Verbs
poetize, sing, versify, make verses, rhyme, scan.
Adjectives
poetic, poetical
lyric, lyrical, tuneful, epic, dithyrambic etc. n.
metrical
a catalectin
elegiac, iambic, trochaic, anapestic
amoebaeic, Melibean, skaldic
Ionic, Sapphic, Alcaic, Pindaric.
Phrases
a poem round and perfect as a star" [Alex. Smith]
his virtues formed the magic of his song" [Hayley]
I learnt life from the poets" [de Stael]
O for a muse of fire! " [Henry V]
sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge" [Sidney]
the true poem is the poet's mind" [Emerson]
wisdom married to immortal verse" [Wordsworth] .
Nouns
prose, prose writer. prosaicism, prosaism, prosaist, proser.
Verbs
prose. write prose, write in prose.
Adjectives
prosal, prosy, prosaic
unpoetic, unpoetical. rhymeless, unrhymed, in prose, not in verse.
Nouns
the drama, the stage, the theater, the play
film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography
theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis. play, drama, stage play, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, ballet, spectacle, masque
melodrama, melodrame
sensation drama
tragicomedy, farcical-comedy
monodrame monologue
duologue trilogy
charade, proverbs
mystery, miracle play
musical, musical comedy. [movies] western, horse opera
flick [Coll.]
spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film
pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film. act, scene, tableau
induction, introduction
prologue, epilogue
libretto. performance, representation, stagery
acting
gesture etc. Indication
impersonation etc. Representation
stage business, gag, buffoonery. light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy. theater
playhouse, opera house
house
music hall
amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round
puppet show, fantoccini
marionettes, Punch and Judy. auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet
greenroom
drop, drop scene
wing, screen, side scene
transformation scene, curtain, act drop
proscenium. stage, scene, scenery, the boards
trap, mezzanine floor
flies
floats, footlights
offstage
orchestra. theatrical costume, theatrical properties. movie studio, back lot, on location. part, role, character
repertoire. actor, thespian, player
method actor
stage player, strolling player
stager, performer
mime, mimer
artists
comedian, tragedian
tragedienne, Roscius
star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol
supporting actor, supporting cast
ham, hamfatter [Slang]
masker. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine
punchinello
pulcinello, pulcinella
extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance
mute, figurante, general utility
super, supernumerary. company
first tragedian, protagonist
debutant
light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian
walking gentleman, amoroso, heavy father, guiser, guisard, gysart, masque. mountebank, Jack Pudding
tumbler, posture master, acrobat
contortionist
ballet dancer, ballet girl
chorus singer
costumier, machinist
prompter, call boy
manager
director, stage manager, acting manager. producer, entrepreneur, impresario
backer, investor, angel [Fig.] . dramatic author, dramatic writer
play writer, playwright
dramatist, mimographer.
Verbs
act, play, perform
put on the stage
personate etc. Representation
mimic etc. (imitate) Imitation
enact
play a part, act a part, go through a part, perform a part
rehearse, spout, gag, rant
strut and fret one's hour upon a stage
" tread the boards, tread the stage
come out
star it.
Adjectives
dramatic
theatric, theatrical
scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic
stagy.
Adverbs
on the stage, on the boards
on film
before the floats, before an audience
behind the scenes.
Phrases
suit the action to the word, the word to the suit the action to the word, the word to the action" [Hamlet]
the play's the thing" [Hamlet]
to wake the soul by tender strokes of art" [Pope] .