Synonyms for pencil
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pen-suh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn səl |
Top 10 synonyms for pencil Other synonyms for the word pencil
- author
- autograph
- bang out
- bar
- blaze
- blink
- caricature
- chalk
- chart
- commit
- communicate
- comp
- copy
- correspond
- crayon
- dash off
- delineate
- depict
- describe
- design
- draw up
- drop a line
- drop a note
- emanation
- engrave
- engross
- etch
- express
- flash
- flicker
- form
- formulate
- frame
- ghost
- gleam
- glint
- glitter
- graph
- hint
- incandescence
- indite
- ink
- inscribe
- irradiation
- jot down
- knock off
- knock out
- letter
- limn
- map out
- model
- moonbeam
- note down
- outline
- patch
- pencil
- portray
- prepare
- profile
- push a pencil
- put in writing
- radiance
- radiation
- record
- reproduce
- rewrite
- scintilla
- scrawl
- scribble
- scribe
- scriven
- set down
- set forth
- shaft
- shine
- sign
- sketch
- spark
- sparkle
- streak
- stream
- sunbeam
- take down
- tell
- trace
- transcribe
- turn out
- typewrite
- wave
- write
- write down
- write up
Définition of pencil
Origin :- early 14c., "an artist's fine brush of camel hair," from Old French pincel "artist's paintbrush" (13c., Modern French pinceau), from Latin penicillus "painter's brush, hair-pencil," literally "little tail," diminutive of peniculus "brush," itself a diminutive of penis "tail" (see penis). Small brushes formerly were used for writing before modern lead or chalk pencils; meaning "graphite writing implement" apparently evolved late 16c. Derogatory slang pencil-pusher "office worker" is from 1881; pencil neck "weak person" first recorded 1973.
- As in ray : noun beam; indication
- As in write : verb put language down on paper
- As in draw : verb create a likeness in a picture
- "This is my address," said the merchant, writing it in pencil, and handing it to Robert.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- With these words, he handed the pencil to the professor and returned to his seat.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He read with pencil in hand, and he had an elaborate system of marking a book.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- In this instance, his drawings throughout are in pencil, and he is his own topographer.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- She drew it in pencil on an envelope on her way back in the street car.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Written in pencil; he could feel the indentations where the writer had borne down.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- She did not say any more, and he sat at the table, tapping on it with a pencil.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He was clever with his pencil, and could seize a likeness with astonishing rapidity.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- Under the superscription, written with a pencil, after she went down.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And I saw that the address, scrawled in pencil, was in Anthony's handwriting.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
Antonyms for pencil
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