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

Socrates had the same fear about the act of writing, scribes had the same fear about Gutenberg’s printing press, and John Saxon had the same fear about the calculator. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Many workers who could not write Chinese relied on scribes to compose the letters. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Our scribes are pre-medical students who volunteer part time at the clinic to gain clinical experience, a requisite for admission to medical school. — Benjamin I. Lee, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026

Despite digitizing clinical records, EHRs often burdened physicians with extensive data entry, reducing patient interaction and leading to workarounds like medical scribes. — Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The old adage among NFL scouts, coaches and smart scribes is that the preseason does not present the truth. — Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Filed jointly with the WGA West and East branches, the guild’s suit claims the merger violates antitrust law and would inflict irreparable harm on industry scribes. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

With nothing else to do, the scribes took a shot and wrote it as a spec. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026

The assistant was Heidi, one of a growing number of AI medical scribes. — New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026

Verb

Head scribes Chris Ord and Matt Corman, and episodic directors for the remainder of the series, were let go. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Out of the Further at the box office this weekend is Black Bear Pictures’ Spa Weekend, a new raunchy comedy written and directed by The Hangover and Bad Moms scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Their content is a reminder that scribes more than a century ago often had a flair for colorful language. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026

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