SCRIBES Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of scribe

as in calligraphers

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 clerks

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

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as in writers

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

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nonauthors

scribes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of scribe

as in files

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

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Noun

As the movie progresses, Pansy, constantly at her wits’ end, fights with shop clerks, a dentist, her long-suffering husband and son, her sister.

Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
House Bill 4127, signed by Whitmer Tuesday, prohibits openly carrying firearms at Election Day polling locations, early voting centers, clerks' offices and absentee ballot drop boxes.

Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2024

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