Synonyms for books


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : book
Phonetic Transcription : bÊŠk

Top 10 synonyms for books Other synonyms for the word books

Définition of books

Origin :
  • Old English boc "book, writing, written document," traditionally from Proto-Germanic *bokiz "beech" (cf. German Buch "book" Buche "beech;" see beech), the notion being of beechwood tablets on which runes were inscribed, but it may be from the tree itself (people still carve initials in them). The Old English word originally meant any written document. Latin and Sanskrit also have words for "writing" that are based on tree names ("birch" and "ash," respectively). Meaning "libretto of an opera" is from 1768. A betting book is from 1856.
  • noun published document
  • noun account; diary
  • verb register, arrange for
  • verb arrest
Example sentences :
  • Moreover, Master Hansen bound, as well as printed his books.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • These books are issued to the hands employed by the firm free.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • There was a little confusion as the books were closed and the pens were wiped.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Clayton knew it very well, and the trick of examining the books was all a fudge.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • I shouldn't at all care to change banker's books with him on chance.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • These books are classified and so arranged as to be of immediate use.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Mr. Gladstone knew what books he had and was familiar with their contents.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Some books were in frequent use, but others were not forgotten.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • To decide the question, I read two books; one agrees with you, and the other with Hardy.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • And then a history, distinguishing the books by the names of their subjects.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza

Antonyms for books

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