Synonyms of treatises

treatises

noun

plural of treatise

as in monographs

a written work that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly

—often + on

a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes

Related Words

• monographs
• articles
• tracts
• discourses
• texts
• essays
• studies
• discussions
• textbooks
• papers
• expositions
• compositions
• themes
• prolegomena
• commentaries
• primers
• editorials
• features
• dissertations
• reports
• columns
• theses
• write-ups
• reviews
• causeries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of treatises

Physiognomic treatises reappeared in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, then took off in the eighteenth and nineteenth. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

One way to reduce the risk of this happening is to connect the AI model to a body of legal material, such as case law and treatises. — Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026

Skyhorse has since published a dozen or so books by Kennedy, including a memoir and several more anti-vaccine treatises. — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026

The text consists of 10 treatises on architecture, engineering and urban planning, and is the oldest surviving work written on the subject. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026

The collection, now over 40,000 volumes, includes Greek and Arabic manuscripts, early cartographic works and rare scientific treatises gathered from across the Iberian world. — Navya Verma, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026

Apart from its famous Devil portrait (more on that later), the codex contains an entire Bible, other historical texts, an encyclopedia, and medical treatises. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025

Some of the earliest respect for the power of observation comes from the ancient Indus Valley, where close astronomical observations and unit measurements were required for ritual, and these traditions bore fruit in early treatises on astronomy, linguistics, and logic. — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025

The ancient Romans and Greeks never really wrote treatises about how to lie well. — JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025