scribe
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈskrīb 
1
: a member of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times studying the Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists
2
a
: an official or public secretary or clerk
b
: a copier of manuscripts
3
: writer
specifically : journalist
scribe
2 of 4verb (1)
scribed; scribing
intransitive verb
: to work as a scribe : write
scribe
3 of 4verb (2)
scribed; scribing
transitive verb
1
: to mark a line on by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument
2
: to make by cutting or scratching
scribe
4 of 4noun (2)
: scriber
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- amanuensis
- calligrapher
- copyist
- penman
- scrivener
Verb (2)
- groove
- score
- seam
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Latin scriba official writer, from scribere to write; akin to Greek skariphasthai to scratch an outline
Verb (2)
probably short for describe
First Known Use
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1651, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1812, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
scribe
noun
ˈskrīb
: a person who copies writing (as in a book)
Biographical Definition
Scribe
biographical name
ˈskrēb
(Augustin-) Eugène 1791–1861 French dramatist
scribe 1 of 2
noun
1
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- amanuensis
- penman
- copyist
- calligrapher
- scrivener
2
as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings Synonyms & Similar Words
- registrar
- clerk
- secretary
- reporter
- recorder
- archivist
- register
- chronicler
- historian
- bookkeeper
- transcriptionist
- annalist
- documenter
3
as in writer
a person who creates a written work a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe Synonyms & Similar Words
- writer
- author
- pen
- novelist
- storyteller
- penman
- poet
- litterateur
- biographer
- scrivener
- screenwriter
- scribbler
- reporter
- littérateur
- woman of letters
- blogger
- wordsmith
- columnist
- stylist
- cowriter
- playwright
- man of letters
- belletrist
- journalist
- hagiographer
- ghostwriter
- dramatist
- memoirist
- scriptwriter
- bard
- memorialist
- autobiographer
- auteur
- fabulist
- fictioneer
- essayist
- fictionist
- coauthor
- pamphleteer
- hack
- scenarist
- versifier
- sportswriter
- satirist
- belle-lettrist
- romancer
- rhymer
- newspaperman
- wordmonger
- hatchet man
- prosaist
- coscenarist
- proser
- paragrapher
- prosateur
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonauthor
scribe
2 of 2verb
as in to file
to mark with or as if with a line or groove carefully scribed two lines into the wood Synonyms & Similar Words
- file
- scratch
- groove
- seam
- mill
- score
- flute
- scarify
- bevel
- chamfer
- rasp
- graze
- abrade