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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“Update” traditionally does a joke-off between co-hosts Jost and Michael Che in which each writes jokes the other has to read.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

She finished the months-long hike and sat on a white bench near the Bridge of the Gods, a stone’s throw from the spot where, she writes, she’d marry Lindstrom four years later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

“Arachnophilia,” or love of spiders, Ms. Tatar writes, “is a word that you will not yet find in a dictionary.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Amazon.com, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms alone represent some 70% of this year’s increase in the index’s earnings expectations, he writes.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Mr. Fabian writes 3/10 equals point three hundred on the board.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari