Synonyms of letters

letters 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of letter

as in epistles

a message on paper from one person or group to another

he faithfully wrote her a letter every week they were apart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• epistles
• notes
• memos
• missives
• dispatches
• memorandums
• cards
• mails
• postcards
• communications
• reports
• open letters
• postal cards
• e-mails
• airmails
• encyclicals
• electronic mails
• junk mails
• billets-doux

letters

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of letter

as in landlords

the owner of land or housing that is rented to another

it is the letter of the apartment—not the lessee—who is responsible for basic repair and upkeep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• landlords
• proprietors
• renters
• lessors
• landowners
• landladies
• landholders
• lairds
• slumlords

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tenants
• lessees
• lodgers
• roomers

letters

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of letter

as in prints

Related Words

• prints
• pencils
• pens
• inks
• writes
• inscribes
• jots (down)
• doodles
• scrawls
• scribbles
• squiggles
• scratches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of letters

Noun

Sensing a disconnect or worse, a feeling of being forgotten, Campbell this summer invited some of the men who wrote those letters to campus. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Combs' team issued two cease-and-desist letters to Netflix in response to the documentary's release. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026

The result shows that machines can, in fact, write functional viral genomes, albeit relatively small ones containing just 5,400 DNA letters and only 11 genes. — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026

The Mexican Ambassador, Roberto Lazzeri, met recently with a senior official at the State Department, who handed him back the letters Mexico had filed. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026

During one of his early pop-ups, a woman began crying after reading one of the letters. — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026

Warren Buffett went long in his annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders—often 10,000-plus words, deep on the year’s lessons and the company’s results, sprinkled with folksy wisdom. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Menin added in her letters to the platforms that the council is investigating whether such advertising strategies are used by other prediction market companies. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

Over the course of decades after the war, Zinn sent the Department of Defense letters requesting access to the records of his bombing runs. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing letters

• man of letters
• woman of letters