Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun penning

1 sense of penning

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)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pen

1 sense of pen

Sense 1
write, compose, pen, indite -- (produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels")
       => create verbally -- (create with or from words)