on paper

1. 1.

   as written or printed

   “this is exactly what the composer had set down on paper”

   Synonymsin writing

Questions about on paper

What does on paper mean?

on paper means "as written or printed".

What is another word for on paper?

Close synonyms include in writing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is on paper a common word?

on paper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.