| 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 | ||