Synonyms of manuscripts

manuscripts

noun

plural of manuscript

as in handwritings

writing done by hand

beautiful, careful manuscript on the school's diplomas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handwritings
• calligraphies
• scripts
• letterings
• longhands
• penmanships
• stenos
• shorthands
• stenographies
• phonographies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• types
• prints
• typewritings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of manuscripts

Gabriel Heaton, Sotheby’s books and manuscripts specialist, said the decision to offer the material as a single lot came from the strength of the archive as a whole. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Judging by her few surviving manuscripts, Austen didn’t much use commas (or paragraphs). — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Previous seasons saw Vernon curate the subterranean room into messy domestic tableaux, with pieces nestled among scenes of dinner parties and unfinished musical manuscripts—the detritus of a chaotic creative process. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

De Kreij identified the tiny slip of paper while looking at a collection of early Christian manuscripts purchased by the university in the mid-20th century, according to a news release from the institution. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Leo also scrapped Francis’ plan to move parts of the Vatican’s secret archives and library off-site, ordering a new building inside the city-state to safeguard its trove of manuscripts. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

The site’s clients can be almost anyone — students and academics looking for help with research papers; business people needing proposals and projects written or edited; and/or writers of books, screenplays and other manuscripts. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026

Although there are plenty of books in three languages (Arabic, French, and English), there are also museums, a planetarium, and a lab dedicated to restoring and preserving ancient manuscripts. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026

There are only a handful of publishers in the country, and authors must pay to have their manuscripts printed. — Mahbub Abdillahi, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026