STENO Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

steno

noun

Definition of steno

as in stenography

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Recent Examples of steno Traditionally, court reporters have used 22-key steno machines to rapidly take down every word said by lawyers, judges and anyone else who speaks on the record during an official proceeding. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Angie worked in the Justice Building under Attorney General Robert Kennedy and did steno and typing. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025 This novel following three women getting into the Manhattan steno pool has the career girl front and center. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025 The steno keyboard is specially designed to press multiple keys at once to capture entire syllables or words in a single stroke. — Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 18 May 2025 Live captioning is an entirely different animal, and those workers use steno machines, like those used in courtrooms, to create hyperfast captions. — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2023 In April 1948, Cena, who died in 2016, took a job as a steno clerk at the Santa Fe Railway in Chicago and worked his way up the ladder to eventually become president and chief executive officer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2021 Unlike a computer keyboard, the steno keys are virtually silent, save for a soft pattering. — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steno

Noun

Beginning in the late 19th century, the office also produced a new gender division of labor, as more of the repetitive work—typing, filing, stenography—fell to a secretarial class of women with limited prospects for advancement.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Anyone could learn to use the machine in two weeks or less, compared to months or years to master stenography.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2026

Definition of stenography

Noun

Traditional job titles, once organizational shorthand, no longer accurately reflect these evolving duties.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The very title is real-world shorthand for technology's role in deciding who lives and who dies — and how the military should respond to any truly autonomous attacks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026