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")

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

10 senses of write

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)
          Phrasal Verb-> write out#1

Sense 2
write -- (communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")

Sense 3
publish, write -- (have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career")
       => create verbally -- (create with or from words)

Sense 4
write, drop a line -- (communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!")
       => correspond -- (exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years")

Sense 5
write -- (communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")

Sense 6
compose, write -- (write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies")
       => make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")

Sense 7
write -- (mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet")
       => trace, draw, line, describe, delineate -- (make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand")

Sense 8
write, save -- (record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk")
       => record, tape -- (register electronically; "They recorded her singing")

Sense 9
spell, write -- (write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter")

Sense 10
write -- (create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else")
       => create by mental act, create mentally -- (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)