writes
Puts down words
Writes is the third-person singular form of write—to form letters, words, or symbols on a surface, or to compose text.
Someone writes a letter, writes code, writes music.
A journalist writes for a newspaper.
Beyond literal inscription, writes extends to any act of composition: She writes poetry, He writes for television.
The usage that's how he writes can describe someone's characteristic style.
Ink-filled writing tool
- pencilGraphite writing instrument
- inkWriting fluid
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- notebookBlank pages for jottings
keyboard · quill · ballpoint · marker · stationery · parchment · laptop · tablet
Creator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- bloggerWeb journal author
essayist · poet · copywriter · ghostwriter · biographer · correspondent · reporter · scribe
Original text before publication
- draftPreliminary version of text
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
novel · memoir · biography · article · script · screenplay · treatise · monograph
Metrical literary composition
- proseUnversified language
- verseMetered poetic passage
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
limerick · ballad · ode · elegy · stanza · rhyme · metaphor · simile
Written proof or instructions
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- logbookOfficial record of events
- journalRecord of daily events
diary · chronicle · ledger · registry · notation · annotation · inscription · entry
Written symbol or message
- emailDigital written communication
- postcardMailable picture souvenir
- noteShort written record
- memoBrief internal message
message · reply · invitation · thank-you · condolence · greeting · newsletter · bulletin
pen
Ink-filled writing tool
notebook · keyboard · quill · ballpoint · marker · stationery · parchment · laptop · tablet · stylus
author
Creator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
blogger · essayist · poet · copywriter · ghostwriter · biographer · correspondent · reporter · scribe · wordsmith
manuscript
Original text before publication
- draftPreliminary version of text
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
dissertation · novel · memoir · biography · article · script · screenplay · treatise · monograph · chapter
poetry
Metrical literary composition
haiku · limerick · ballad · ode · elegy · stanza · rhyme · metaphor · simile · imagery
documentation
Written proof or instructions
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- logbookOfficial record of events
journal · diary · chronicle · ledger · registry · notation · annotation · inscription · entry · record
letter
Written symbol or message
memo · message · reply · invitation · thank-you · condolence · greeting · newsletter · bulletin · dispatch
- write downRecord in text
- write offCancel as unrecoverable
- written offRegarded as worthless
- in writingRecorded in text
- written in stonePermanently established, unalterable
- creative writingOriginal literary expression
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