SCRIBE Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈskrīb

Definition of scribe

as in amanuensis

one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them

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as in registrar

an official whose job is to keep records the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings

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as in writer

a person who creates a written work a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe

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nonauthor

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verb

as in to file

to mark with or as if with a line or groove carefully scribed two lines into the wood

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Noun

Socrates had the same fear about the act of writing, scribes had the same fear about Gutenberg’s printing press, and John Saxon had the same fear about the calculator. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Many workers who could not write Chinese relied on scribes to compose the letters. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Our scribes are pre-medical students who volunteer part time at the clinic to gain clinical experience, a requisite for admission to medical school. — Benjamin I. Lee, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026 Admittedly, this scribe has waxed lovingly about way too many Broncos backs over the years. — Brad Evans, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scribe

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Noun

Much later, when Lamarck was old and blind, this Rosalie would be his amanuensis, reading to him, conducting research for him, and even writing for him.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Groff, the three-time National Book Award finalist and best-selling author, wrote the libretto with Doraiswamy and served as a kind of amanuensis to the production.

— Laura van Straaten, New York Times, 11 July 2025

Definition of amanuensis

Noun

There’s an irony in this prominent liberal writer’s lack of interest in actual politics — in any kind of collective solidarity that might extend beyond the county line.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Nancy Slonim Aronie, a writer and artist friend on the Vineyard, had a more alarming experience after she was rushed to a hospital in Boston in January for open heart surgery.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The Cornell 7 lawsuit refers to the legal document filed by an unnamed Cornell University student who accused seven men of raping and drugging her at a frat house party in October 2024 — and faced no legal consequences.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Dozens of similar lawsuits have been filed on whether cities can sue oil and gas companies over damage linked to global warming.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of file

Noun

At the same time, new technologies started to produce identical copies better and faster than any human copyist ever could.

— Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Copying is part of a long tradition in art history, especially at the Louvre, which has maintained a copyists’ bureau since its founding in 1793.

— Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025

Definition of copyist

Noun

Earlier this year, Newsom called for local elections clerks to count ballots faster to head off misinformation ahead of the June 2 primary.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Some budgetary concern No formal opposition arguments have been submitted to the registrar-recorder/county clerk.

— Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of clerk

Noun

That figure is the first half of the show’s title, the activist, author, and playwright Larry Kramer, who co-founded Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP and was instrumental in bringing the AIDS crisis to public attention.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Steinbeck’s novel is largely centered around the Hamiltons (who emigrate from Ireland to the author’s beloved Salinas Valley) and the Trasks (who move to California from the East Coast).

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of author

Verb

Perhaps that’s just a tactic of a contender behind in the polls and scratching away to be the first Republican to lead California since Arnold Schwarzenegger.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
The fight was so violent that each one of them punched, scratched, bit and slapped the other, Linhardt said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

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