| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write illegibly |
| Synonyms: | doodle, jot, scratch, scrawl, squiggle, write badly, write erratically |
| Main Entry: | correspond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate in writing |
| Synonyms: | answer, drop a kite, drop a line, drop a note, epistolize, exchange letters, have pen pal, hear from, keep in touch, pen, put pen to paper, reply, scribble, send letter, send word, write |
| Main Entry: | handwriting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the way a person writes |
| Synonyms: | autography, calligraphy, chicken scratch, chirography, ductus, griffonage, hand, hieroglyphics, longhand, manuscript, manuscription, mark, pencraft, penscript, scratching, scrawl, scribble, script, scription, scrivenery, scrivening, style, writing |
| Main Entry: | nonsense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craziness, ridiculousness |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, babble, balderdash, baloney, bananas, bombast, bull*, bunk, claptrap, drivel, fatuity, flightiness, folly, foolishness, fun, gibberish, giddiness, hogwash, hooey, hot air, imprudence, inanity, irrationality, jazz, jest, jive, joke, ludicrousness, madness, mumbo jumbo, palaver, poppycock, prattle, pretense, ranting, rashness, rot, rubbish, scrawl, scribble, senselessness, silliness, soft soap, stupidity, thoughtlessness, trash*, tripe |
| Antonyms: | clarity, common sense, fact, intelligibility, sense, truth, understanding |
| Main Entry: | note/notes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written communication |
| Synonyms: | agenda, annotation, calendar, comment, commentary, datum, definition, diary, dispatch, entry, epistle, gloss, inscription, jotting, journal, letter, line, marginalia, mark, memo, memorandum, message, minute, missive, obiter dictum, observation, record, remark, reminder, scratch, scrawl, scribble, summary, thank-you, word |
| Main Entry: | scratch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut; make a mark on |
| Synonyms: | claw, damage, etch, grate, graze, incise, lacerate, mark, prick, rasp, rub, scarify, score, scrape, scrawl, scribble |
| Antonyms: | heal, mend, smooth |
| Main Entry: | scrawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write erratically |
| Synonyms: | doodle, inscribe, scrabble, scratch, scribble, squiggle |
| Main Entry: | write |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put language down on paper |
| Synonyms: | address, author, autograph, bang out, chalk, commit, communicate, comp, compose, copy, correspond, create, dash off, draft, draw up, drop a line, drop a note, engross, formulate, ghost, indite, ink, inscribe, jot down, knock off, knock out, letter, note, note down, pen, pencil, print, push a pencil, put in writing, record, reproduce, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, scribe, scriven, set down, set forth, sign, take down, tell, transcribe, turn out, typewrite, write down, write up |
| Antonyms: | read |
| Main Entry: | writing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | printing on paper |
| Synonyms: | autograph, calligraphy, chirography, cuneiform, hand, handwriting, hieroglyphics, longhand, manuscription, print, scrawl, scribble, script, shorthand |