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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writes

She writes his speeches, manages his appointments and butters up an important colleague with the gift of a ceramic pig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Widdecombe "gave TV interview 20 minutes before she was killed", the i Paper writes.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Even in the Warsaw Ghetto, Ms. Crabapple writes, the Bundists “kept up their talk about working-class solidarity and the need to maintain ideological distinctions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"These two claims have shaped much of AI research and development," Denning writes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Instead he makes me repeat the phrase a few times as he writes it down, frowning as he looks at the finished product.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse