Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun writings
1 sense of writings
Sense 1
Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings -- (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
INSTANCE OF=> sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text -- (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun writing
5 senses of writing
Sense 1
writing, authorship, composition, penning -- (the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship")
=> verbal creation -- (creating something by the use of speech and language)
Sense 2
writing, written material, piece of writing -- (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing")
=> written communication, written language, black and white -- (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))
Sense 3
writing -- ((usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings")
=> written communication, written language, black and white -- (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))
=> oeuvre, work, body of work -- (the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it); "he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"; "Picasso's work can be divided into periods")
Sense 4
writing -- (letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible")
=> written communication, written language, black and white -- (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))
Sense 5
writing, committal to writing -- (the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing")
=> activity -- (any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity")