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1 a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it

handed in the correct papers

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instrument,
writ

filing

sheet

2 a publication that appears at regular intervals

we get the paper every morning

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fanzine

pictorial,
slick

3 a short piece of writing done as a school exercise

write a paper about your favorite author

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composition,
theme

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4 a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view

the papers written by the Founding Fathers urging adoption of the federal constitution

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causerie

tract,
treatise

paper

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Synonyms & Antonyms of paper (Entry 2 of 2)

being something in name or form only

there's a paper boycott of that company's products that nobody seems to be honoring

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so-called

phantom,
virtual

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