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

Example Sentences

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Apart from the Walden adventure, Thoreau appeared as a public speaker and worked as a surveyor and in his father’s very successful pencil factory, for which he created some important innovations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

However, nonconductive materials like fingernails or pencil erasers do not alter the electric field, so the screen does not respond.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

He said she had pointed a broken pencil at him.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

"You may see the stereotypical pencil point trees that they've started to fell or to coppice," Jasper said.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

I break my pencil in half, then just stare at it.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

pencil

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