Synonyms for blue-pencil
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bloo-pen-suh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbluˈpɛn səl |
Top 10 synonyms for blue-pencil Other synonyms for the word blue-pencil
- amplify
- analyze
- assign
- bleach
- bleep
- blot out
- blue-pencil
- boil down
- bowdlerize
- butcher
- cancel
- censor
- change
- check
- choose
- clean
- clean up
- compare
- compile
- compose
- conceal
- condense
- control
- cork
- correct
- criticize
- cross out
- cut
- cut out
- debug
- decontaminate
- delete
- destroy
- develop
- discard
- doctor
- draft
- drop
- drop the iron curtain
- edit
- efface
- eliminate
- emend
- euphemize
- examine
- excise
- exclude
- expunge
- expurgate
- exscind
- fade
- feature
- fine-tune
- finish
- fly speck
- go over
- hush-hush
- improve
- inspect
- launder
- look over
- make up
- massage
- mitigate
- moderate
- modify
- narrow
- obliterate
- omit
- overhaul
- oversee
- palliate
- pass up
- perfect
- polish
- prepare
- prescribe
- prevent publication
- proofread
- publish
- purge
- purify
- put on the soft pedal
- put the lid on
- put together
- rearrange
- recalibrate
- recast
- reconsider
- rectify
- redact
- redo
- redraft
- redraw
- reexamine
- refine
- refuse transmission
- regulate
- rehash
- remove errors
- reorganize
- rephrase
- report
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- restyle
- revamp
- review
- revile
- revise
- rework
- rewrite
- rub
- rub out
- rule out
- run through
- sanitize
- scan
- scissor out
- scratch out
- scrub
- scrutinize
- select
- set up
- shush
- snip
- squash
- squelch
- sterilize
- strike out
- study
- style
- subdue
- supervise communications
- suppress
- tighten
- tone down
- trim
- update
- upgrade
- white out
- wipe out
- withhold
- write over
- X-out
Définition of blue-pencil
- As in proofread : verb copyedit
- As in revise : verb correct, edit
- As in soft-pedal : verb play down
- As in censor : verb forbid; ban; selectively remove
- As in delete : verb erase, remove
- As in edit : verb rewrite, refine
- As in efface : verb erase
- I never do, and Harmer has to blue-pencil my copy mercilessly.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- When he begins to blue-pencil that pay-roll, some one is going to be hungry.
- Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
- Good and true writing no magazine or newspaper editor will blue-pencil.
- Extract from : « The Last Harvest » by John Burroughs
- He handed a map, with red-pencil and blue-pencil markings, along to von Schlichten.
- Extract from : « Uller Uprising » by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
- He used the editorial "blue-pencil" for alteration and condensation with the hand of a master.
- Extract from : « The Great God Success » by John Graham (David Graham Phillips)
- Meantime I'll take your advice about my speech, Mac, and blue-pencil the how-to-be-good stuff.
- Extract from : « The Clarion » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- You blue-pencil out of my poor paragraphs everything that's interesting.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
Antonyms for blue-pencil
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