Synonyms of paper

paper 1 of 2

noun

1

as in document

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

handed in the correct papers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• document
• form
• sheet
• blank
• filing
• instrument
• writ

2

as in newspaper

a publication that appears at regular intervals

we get the paper every morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• newspaper
• journal
• periodical
• book
• magazine
• bulletin
• gazette
• organ
• rag
• mag
• serial
• review
• newsletter
• yearbook
• zine
• sheet
• edition
• weekly
• daily
• diurnal
• monthly
• quarterly
• annual
• tabloid
• bimonthly
• pictorial
• digest
• biweekly
• semiweekly
• triweekly
• little magazine
• semimonthly
• supplement
• tab
• fanzine
• broadside
• extra
• newsweekly
• newsmagazine
• slick

3

as in article

a short piece of writing done as a school exercise

write a paper about your favorite author

Synonyms & Similar Words

• article
• essay
• composition
• story
• theme

4

as in essay

a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• article
• essay
• dissertation
• thesis
• editorial
• composition
• column
• theme
• report
• treatise
• study
• feature
• commentary
• review
• discussion
• write-up
• discourse
• causerie
• tract
• exposition
• prolegomenon

paper

2 of 2

adjective

as in nominal

being something in name or form only

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nominal
• titular
• formal
• supposed
• virtual
• phantom
• evident
• assumed
• so-called
• presumed
• seeming
• ostensible
• apparent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• true
• actual

• real
• true
• actual

Phrases Containing paper

• paper over

• paper over