writes

VERB

put language down on paper

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address compose create draft note pen print record rewrite scrawl scribble sign tell

STRONG

author autograph chalk commit communicate copy correspond engross formulate ghost indite ink inscribe letter pencil reproduce scribe transcribe typewrite

WEAK

bang out comp dash off draw up drop a line drop a note jot down knock off knock out note down push a pencil put in writing scriven set down set forth take down turn out write down write up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy ignore ruin

STRONG

keep stop

WEAK

read

Example Sentences

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writes

In his excellent new book, “More Rules for Aging,” Roger Rosenblatt, 85, writes: “Old as you are, you have plenty of time to do something. Do something.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

Mirjam Swanson writes he just needs to relax.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

The paper writes that the outage had "no impact on the UK's wider power supply".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The Rhine—which, as Mr. Winder writes, served “both as a frontier and a highway,” simultaneously connecting and separating Germany, France and Italy—was the most unquiet of the three.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Mr. Johnson owns the Aurora County News, and he always writes the obituaries himself.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles