pen

1. 1.

   produce a literary work

   “She composed a poem”

   “He wrote four novels”

   Synonymswritecomposeindite

   Broadercreate verbally

   Narrowerdrawlyricwrite onprofileparagraphwrite offdash offrewritewrite copydramatize

   writing

Other forms of pen

plural

pens·

past tense or participle

penned

past tense or participle

pent

present participle

penning

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pen

What does pen mean?

pen means "a writing implement with a point from which ink flows". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pen?

pen has 1 syllable: pen. In IPA it is /ˈpɛn/.

What is another word for pen?

Close synonyms include playpen, penitentiary, write, compose, indite. 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 pen a common word?

pen is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pen?

3 words rhyme with pen. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.