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

1 sense of writing system

Sense 1
orthography, writing system -- (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)
       => 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")