Synonyms of scribes

scribes 1 of 2

noun

plural of scribe

1

as in calligraphers

one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts

variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calligraphers
• copyists
• scriveners
• amanuenses
• penmen

2

as in clerks

an official whose job is to keep records

the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clerks
• registrars
• secretaries
• reporters
• registers
• recorders
• archivists
• historians
• bookkeepers
• chroniclers
• transcriptionists
• annalists
• documenters

3

as in writers

a person who creates a written work

a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• writers
• authors
• novelists
• biographers
• storytellers
• pens
• litterateurs
• poets
• men of letters
• scriveners
• women of letters
• wordsmiths
• penmen
• screenwriters
• reporters
• dramatists
• bloggers
• scribblers
• stylists
• playwrights
• columnists
• journalists
• hagiographers
• coauthors
• cowriters
• ghostwriters
• memoirists
• autobiographers
• pamphleteers
• memorialists
• bards
• scriptwriters
• essayists
• fabulists
• fictionists
• auteurs
• sportswriters
• belletrists
• newspapermen
• fictioneers
• scenarists
• versifiers
• rhymers
• hacks
• satirists
• romancers
• wordmongers
• prosaists
• hatchet men
• prosers
• coscenarists
• paragraphers
• prosateurs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonauthors

scribes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of scribe

as in files

to mark with or as if with a line or groove

carefully scribed two lines into the wood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• files
• scratches
• grooves
• scores
• seams
• mills
• flutes
• scarifies
• bevels
• grazes
• rasps
• chamfers
• abrades

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scribes

Noun

In Northern Europe, the scriptorium was often located next to the calefactorium (warming room), where a fire was kept alive, allowing scribes to step in and warm themselves when needed. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

On the continent is an elite war college that educates healers, soldiers, scribes, and — most famously — dragon riders. — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

While caution is required as adoption outpaces oversight, AI scribes are often considered a boon to the health industry. — Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 26 June 2026

In one large analysis of AI scribes at The Permanente Medical Group, clinicians saved the equivalent of nearly 16,000 hours of documentation time in one year — roughly 1,800 workdays — and reported improved satisfaction and patient interactions. — Windsor Johnston, NPR, 26 May 2026

Both scribes are repped by Verve, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, and McKuin, Frankel & Whitehead. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 May 2026

But scribes alone aren’t enough. — Fj Campbell, Fortune, 20 May 2026

Those called out by Che are not the only scribes who worked on the roast. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 May 2026

This list compiles some of the odd jobs and mundane occupations of famous scribes. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026

Verb

Monks consulted existing manuscripts of the Tripitaka, which scribes copied onto marble for stonemasons to chisel. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026

But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026