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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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In his classic 1958 essay, “I, Pencil,” Leonard Read explained how a free-market economy brought together the necessary raw materials—wood, graphite, metal, rubber, paint—to make as apparently simple a product as a pencil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Dressed by stylist Erin Walsh, the oversize jacket contrasted with her pencil skirt, and the look was tied together with Hathaway’s sleek ponytail.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

"The public's favourite item of the 20 or so things I have made has to be the five-foot long HB 2 pencil," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 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

I waited while Mama got pencil and paper and made a list of the things she needed.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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