Synonyms of scratch (out)

scratch (out)

verb

1

as in to write

to compose and set down on paper the words of

scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front

Synonyms & Similar Words

• write
• pen
• author
• scribble
• compose
• draw up
• type
• craft
• record
• print
• rewrite
• letter
• take down
• revise
• formulate
• sign
• prepare
• draft
• recast
• transcribe
• cast
• frame
• word
• pencil (in)
• redraft
• typewrite
• autograph
• phrase
• couch
• put
• register
• express

2

as in to delete

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delete
• remove
• erase
• cross (out)
• strike (out)
• cancel
• wipe out
• censor
• stroke (out)
• kill
• dele
• blot out
• rub out
• edit (out)
• eradicate
• blue-pencil
• clip
• elide
• excise
• obliterate
• x (out)
• suppress
• expunge
• blip
• shorten
• efface
• bleep
• crop
• expurgate
• silence
• black out
• bowdlerize
• redact
• launder
• root (out)
• cut
• red-pencil
• abbreviate
• repress
• clean (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stet

• stet