Synonyms for quill

Most common

feather · flight feather · feather pen · pinion · shaft · calamus

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.

2. n. 2

   A pen made from a feather.

Related words

Phrases

quill feather pure quill quill pen quill mite

Forms

Plural

quills → feathers, pinions, shafts, calamuses…

Example sentences

• feather Tom keeps an eagle feather as a good-luck charm.
• shaft From here, you can look down the elevator shaft.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

shaft¹, spine¹

6 letters

pinion²

7 letters

feather², calamus

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pinion² = 2 syllables).