Synonyms of scratching (out)

scratching (out)

verb

present participle of scratch (out)

1

as in writing

to compose and set down on paper the words of

scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front

Synonyms & Similar Words

• writing
• penning
• composing
• authoring
• scribbling
• drawing up
• recording
• crafting
• taking down
• printing
• typing
• rewriting
• formulating
• preparing
• revising
• pencilling (in)
• drafting
• recasting
• penciling (in)
• signing
• lettering
• typewriting
• casting
• transcribing
• framing
• redrafting
• wording
• phrasing
• putting
• registering
• expressing
• autographing
• couching

2

as in deleting

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deleting
• striking (out)
• crossing (out)
• stroking (out)
• editing (out)
• cancelling
• canceling
• removing
• erasing
• x-ing (out)
• x'ing (out)
• wiping out
• censoring
• deleing
• rooting (out)
• blotting out
• blue-penciling
• killing
• rubbing out
• eliding
• cleaning (up)
• eradicating
• clipping
• obliterating
• suppressing
• expunging
• blacking out
• effacing
• shortening
• excising
• bleeping
• laundering
• redacting
• blipping
• cropping
• cutting
• red-penciling
• expurgating
• silencing
• abbreviating
• repressing
• bowdlerizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetting