PENMANSHIP Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

penmanship

noun

ˈpen-mən-ˌship

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as in handwriting

the form or style of a particular person's writing doctors are famous for their illegible penmanship

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as in calligraphy

writing done by hand the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship

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Recent Examples of penmanship The boy had an army of private tutors, for Latin, Italian, French, Yiddish, Hebrew, English, ancient philosophy, history, geography, drawing, penmanship, and music. —

Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 Isaiah Falls, Karri, kwn, Destin Conrad and Nippa are each pushing the sound in their own lane, building momentum through personality and penmanship. —

Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025 His first full-length album, Illmatic, was an evolution in hip-hop lyricism, and his top-tier penmanship has powered a catalog of 17 solo albums. —

Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025 The company provided side-by-side comparisons of GPT-5’s penmanship versus GPT-4o for things like wedding toasts and poems. —

Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for penmanship

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Noun

Typing is faster, but handwriting hammers home lessons and facilitates deeper learning.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
In an era when many kids her age are chasing likes and followers, one 12-year-old is winning the internet’s heart the old-fashioned way — with scissors, glue and her own handwriting.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026