SCRIBE Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈskrīb

Definition of scribe

as in amanuensis

one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them

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as in registrar

an official whose job is to keep records the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings

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as in writer

a person who creates a written work a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe

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nonauthor

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verb

as in to file

to mark with or as if with a line or groove carefully scribed two lines into the wood

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Recent Examples of scribe

Noun

The assistant was Heidi, one of a growing number of AI medical scribes. — New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026 Driven by easily accessible large language models, these tools are often born in a garage, promising to revolutionize a specific sliver of the clinical workflow, like a basic ambient scribe or a simple scheduling bot. — Sridhar Yerramreddy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Today, controversy over a regulator’s decision on AI scribes. — Mario Aguilar, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026 Reports suggest that a season 2 writers’ room never opened and the scribes have since been released to pursue other projects. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for scribe

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Noun

Much later, when Lamarck was old and blind, this Rosalie would be his amanuensis, reading to him, conducting research for him, and even writing for him.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Groff, the three-time National Book Award finalist and best-selling author, wrote the libretto with Doraiswamy and served as a kind of amanuensis to the production.

— Laura van Straaten, New York Times, 11 July 2025

Definition of amanuensis

Noun

She is survived by her husband, the Democratic registrar of voters in Tolland; their daughters and husbands, Stacey and Steve Papa and Meryl and Bill Baldwin; and grandchildren Kyle, Taylor, Lindsey, Max and Sydney.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026
Eligible citizens can visit the registrar’s office during business hours before the new deadline to get their candidacy documents, the office said.

— Charlie Borla, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of registrar

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Neither group showed higher-than-normal death rates from cancers that aren't tied to radiation exposure, noted the commentary writers, Catherine Olsen and Ken Karipidis.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Sometimes the cure for writer’s block is just having something to react to, and ChatGPT is always there to provide fodder.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of writer

Verb

The prosecution and defense have filed dueling documents focused on whether the crime included aggravating factors that would make Robinson eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is once again seeking to overturn his state murder conviction in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

— Riley Moser, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of file

Noun

Copying is part of a long tradition in art history, especially at the Louvre, which has maintained a copyists’ bureau since its founding in 1793.

— Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
The watercolor was recently rejected by specialists in 2020, who believe the copyist worked from a photograph of the work that was first published in 1904.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024

Definition of copyist

Noun

But the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions this May and ordered a retrial, saying Colleton County’s then-clerk tainted the first trial with what the defense said was prejudicial comments to the jury.

— Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
After the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh’s conviction for murdering his wife and son earlier this year -- citing jury tampering by the court clerk in the case -- Judge Debra McCaslin scheduled his retrial for April 5, 2027.

— Janice McDonald, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of clerk

Noun

Assessing the entries this year were a total of six panels, comprised of independent experts from across the industry, including top writers, authors and broadcasters from England and Scotland.

— Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Follow-up research is needed to really prove bedbugs actually are spreading MRSA to people, said one of the study's authors, Jose Pietri, who is now at Purdue University.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

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