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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This is all predictably, depressingly American, Barshad writes.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

The bank’s refining margin indicator for Europe jumped 70% on quarter to an average of $25 a barrel, he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

It was "Kane to the rescue" in last night's England game against the Democratic Republic of Congo, writes the Metro.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

For his part, Thomas writes as though history resides principally in legal texts, 19th-century dictionaries, and carefully parsed debates over sovereignty.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026

He writes three plus one times five on the board.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari