Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Writing

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.
Adverbs
  • pen in hand.
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].