writing

1. The act of creating written works (synset 100931533)
   "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
   associated with:

   • compose, indite, pen, write - produce a literary work
   • write about, write of, write on - write about a particular topic
   • profile - write about
   • paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
   • dash off, fling off, knock off, scratch off, toss off - write quickly
   • rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose
   • write copy - write for commercial publications
   • adopt, dramatise, dramatize - put into dramatic form
   • draft, outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something
   • author - be the author of
   • co-author - be a co-author on (a book, a paper)
   • ghost, ghostwrite - write for someone else
   • annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
   • cite, reference - refer to
   • write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form
   • script - write a script for
   is a type of: verbal creation - creating something by the use of speech and language
   subtypes:

   • adoxography - fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects
   • drafting - writing a first version to be filled out and polished later
   • dramatisation, dramatization - conversion into dramatic form
   • fabrication, fictionalisation, fictionalization - writing in a fictional form
   • historiography - the writing of history
   • metrification - writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
   • novelisation, novelization - converting something into the form of a novel
   • redaction - the act of putting something in writing
   • lexicography - the act of writing dictionaries
   • versification - the art or practice of writing verse
   same as: authorship, composition, penning
2. The work of a writer;
   Anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) (synset 106374360)
   "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
   is a type of: black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
   subtypes:

   • bowdlerisation, bowdlerization - written material that has been bowdlerized
   • title - (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action
   • cryptogram, cryptograph, secret writing - a piece of writing in code or cipher
   • rescript, revision, rewrite - something that has been written again
   • literary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writing
   • literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value
   • literature - published writings in a particular style on a particular subject
   • matter - written works (especially in books or magazines)
   • criticism, literary criticism - a written evaluation of a work of literature
   • section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
   • paragraph - one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
   • diary, journal - a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
   • inscription, lettering - letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
   • manuscript, ms - the form of a literary work submitted for publication
   • autograph - something written by one's own hand
   • treatise - a formal exposition
   • adaptation, version - a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
   • essay - an analytic or interpretive literary composition
   • editing, redaction - putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
   • religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
   • screed - a long piece of writing
   • document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
   • dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.
   • dithyramb - a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
   • plagiarism - a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
   • transcript - something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech
   specific instances: ayurveda - (Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda
   has: epilog, epilogue - a short passage added at the end of a literary work
   same as: piece of writing, written material
3. (usually plural) the collected work of an author (synset 106375185)
   "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"
   domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
   is a type of:

   • body of work, oeuvre, work - the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
   • black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
   subtypes: patristics, patrology - the writings of the early Church Fathers
4. Letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language (synset 106371284)
   "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"
   is a type of: black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
   subtypes:

   • orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
   • coding system - a system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages
   • capitalisation, capitalization - writing in capital letters
   • typewriting, typing - writing done with a typewriter
   • printing - text handwritten in the style of printed matter
   • hand, handwriting, script - something written by hand
   • hieroglyph, hieroglyphic - writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
   • skywriting - writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane
   • printing, printing process - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
   • notation, notational system - a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
5. The activity of putting something in written form (synset 100615511)
   "she did the thinking while he did the writing"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • coding, cryptography, secret writing, steganography - act of writing in code or cipher
   • handwriting - the activity of writing by hand
   • inscription - the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
   • notation - the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
   same as: committal to writing

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing