Synonyms of amanuensis

amanuensis

noun

ə-ˌman-yə-ˈwen(t)-səs 

as in scribe

one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts

thanks to the efforts of his dutiful amanuensis, copies of most of the author's letters and unpublished manuscripts have been preserved

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scribe
• copyist
• scrivener
• calligrapher
• penman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of amanuensis

Much later, when Lamarck was old and blind, this Rosalie would be his amanuensis, reading to him, conducting research for him, and even writing for him. — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026

Groff, the three-time National Book Award finalist and best-selling author, wrote the libretto with Doraiswamy and served as a kind of amanuensis to the production. — Laura Van Straaten, New York Times, 11 July 2025

The journalist’s tone was snarky, but there were some direct quotes from my father’s amanuenses. — Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024

Intermittent presidential advisor and capital-class amanuensis Larry Summers has, in similar terms, endorsed the idea that American workers must give up their labor market gains in order to end inflation. — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Aug. 2022

Andy had aided him in his earliest experiments, serving first as something of a guinea-pig-cum-amanuensis. — Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022

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