| Main Entry: | scribble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write illegibly |
Synonyms: |
doodle, jot, scratch, scrawl, squiggle, write badly, write erratically |
| Main Entry: | scribbling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | messy writing |
Synonyms: |
cacography, graffiti, graffito, griffonage, hieroglyphics |
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create writing, artwork, or music |
Synonyms: |
author, bang out, cast, clef, coin a phrase, comp, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame*, fudge together, ghost*, ghostwrite, imagine, indite, invent, knock off, knock out, make up, note down, orchestrate, originate, pen, poetize, produce, push pencil, put down, put pen to paper, score, scribble, script, set type, set up, time, turn out, whip up, write |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' |
| Main Entry: | correspond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate in writing |
Synonyms: |
answer, drop a kite, drop a line, drop a note, epistolize, exchange letters, have pen pal, hear from, keep in touch, pen, put pen to paper, reply, scribble, send letter, send word, write |
| Main Entry: | graffiti |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wall writing |
Synonyms: |
cave painting, defacement, doodles, scribbling |
| Main Entry: | scratch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut; make a mark on |
Synonyms: |
claw, damage, etch, grate, graze, incise, lacerate, mark, prick, rasp, rub, scarify, score, scrape, scrawl, scribble |
Antonyms: |
heal, mend, smooth |
| Main Entry: | scrawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write erratically |
Synonyms: |
doodle, inscribe, scrabble, scratch, scribble, squiggle |
| Main Entry: | write |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put language down on paper |
Synonyms: |
address, author, autograph, bang out, chalk, commit, communicate, comp, compose, copy, correspond, create, dash off, draft, draw up, drop a line, drop a note, engross, formulate, ghost, indite, ink, inscribe, jot down, knock off, knock out, letter, note, note down, pen, pencil, print, push a pencil, put in writing, record, reproduce, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, scribe, scriven, set down, set forth, sign, take down, tell, transcribe, turn out, typewrite, write down, write up |
Antonyms: |
read |
| Main Entry: | doodle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw casually |
Synonyms: |
draw, fiddle, putter, scribble, tinker, trifle |