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

The Charlotte Observer’s Panthers reporters have asked themselves those same questions, and the trio of scribes linked up to make their annual draft predictions and musings. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026

Read more from Brittany, who explains exactly how AI scribes drive up medical bills, the effect on the health care system overall, and what might happen next. —Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 8 Apr. 2026

Several other scribes have tried to crack the code on the X-Men. —Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026

The printing press didn’t make scribes faster. —Alex Israel, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026

The tentative agreement will have to go before the scribes’ rank-and-file membership for a vote to win approval. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2026

In response, Marvel and DC clamped down on the power of artists and raised the voice of the scribes. —Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026

Wise-cracking scribes wanted changes. —Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026

Maritime and overland trade linked blacksmiths, scribes, religious scholars, bead makers, silk weavers and tattoo artists. —R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026

Verb

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