Synonyms for treatise
- noun
Definitions
- n. 1
A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.
Forms
- Plural
- treatises → monographs, dissertations, discourses, tractates…
Example sentences
- discourse Algerian Islamists have a very radical discourse.
- dissertation That was the subject of his doctoral dissertation.
- article It'll be two weeks before you receive the article.
- paper I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| treatise | steady | |
| discourse | rising | |
| dissertation | steady | |
| monograph | falling | |
| tractate | rising | |
| article | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- paper2, essay2, tract1
- 6 letters
- thesis2
- 7 letters
- article3
- 8 letters
- tractate
- 9 letters
- treatment2, discourse2, monograph3
- 12 letters
- dissertation4, disquisition
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (paper2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- traité
- Italiano
- trattato
- Español
- tratado
- Deutsch
- Abhandlung
- Català
- tractat