pencil

[pen-suhl] / ˈpɛn səl /

NOUN

ray

Synonyms

STRONGEST

glimmer light radiation

STRONG

bar blaze blink emanation flash flicker gleam glint glitter hint incandescence irradiation moonbeam patch radiance scintilla shaft shine spark sparkle streak stream sunbeam trace wave

Antonyms

STRONG

dullness

VERB

draw

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mark paint write

STRONG

caricature chart compose crayon delineate depict describe design draft engrave etch express form formulate frame graph limn model outline portray prepare profile sketch trace

WEAK

map out

VERB

write

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 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

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For completeness a pencil is included in the tape exhibit.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Outgoing Chair Jerome Powell last year shelved an attempt to revisit officials’ “dot plot” exercise, where they pencil in where they expect rates to go.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Featuring about 40 colored pencil drawings — mostly on real menus from L.A. restaurants — the whimsical show is a love letter to his Fairfax neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Writer Greg Stolze posted a while back about “some professor” who “put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying ‘Hi!

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

While she browsed for books in the classroom library, I sharpened my pencil till it was just a point and an eraser.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

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