Synonyms for manuscript
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
Related words
- Word family
- manuscriptal
- Phrases
- manuscript paper
Forms
- Plural
- manuscripts → writings, holographs, handwritings, scripts…
Example sentences
- writing I'm busy with writing letters and giving speeches.
- script The Tangut had an ideographic script of their own.
- handwriting There is need for improvement in your handwriting.
- copy Do you still have a copy of yesterday's newspaper?
- ms Ms. Roland, what do you think about this problem?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| manuscript | steady | |
| writing | rising | |
| script | rising | |
| handwriting | steady | |
| holograph | falling | |
| copy | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- ms1
- 4 letters
- copy2
- 6 letters
- matter2, script1
- 7 letters
- writing2
- 8 letters
- handwrit
- 9 letters
- autograph3, holograph
- 11 letters
- handwriting3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (copy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- manuscrit
- Italiano
- manoscritto
- Deutsch
- Manuskript