Synonyms for book
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Account
account, account book, ledger, leger UK
4. Script
writing, script, playscript rare
Other
publication, booklet, monograph, work, manual, sign-up, record book, libretto, write-down, rule book
Definitions
- n. 1
A major division of a long work.
Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
- n. 2
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
- n. 3
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
I have three copies of his first book.
- n. 4
A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
Related words
- Word family
- bookaholic bookazine bookbindery bookbinding bookbus bookcase book-crab bookfell
- Phrases
- prayer book book club book lover book bag in one's book mag book reference book book louse
- Is a kind of
- publication writing
Forms
- Plural
- books → accounts, ledgers, bibles, scriptures…
Example sentences
- account This is the sort of thing you have to account for.
- bible The vicar often refers to the Bible in his sermon.
- scripture The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
- tome She borrowed a thick tome on the theory of time travel.
By length
- 4 letters
- work1, word1, tome1
- 5 letters
- bible2, leger2
- 6 letters
- volume2, script1, manual3, ledger2
- 7 letters
- account2, writing2, booklet2
- 8 letters
- libretto3
- 9 letters
- scripture2, monograph3
- 10 letters
- playscript
- 11 letters
- publication4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bible2 = 2 syllables).