English noun: handwriting | |||
1. | handwriting (communication) something written by hand | ||
Samples | She recognized his handwriting. His hand was illegible. | ||
Synonyms | hand, script | ||
Broader (hypernym) | writing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cacography, calligraphy, chirography, cursive, cursive script, longhand, penmanship, running hand, scratch, scrawl, scribble, shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy | ||
Domain category | handwriting | ||
2. | handwriting (act) the activity of writing by hand | ||
Samples | Handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | committal to writing, writing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | stenography, subscription | ||
Domain category members | backhand, hand, handwriting, illegibility, left-slanting, legibility, readability, script | ||