penmanship

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noun

Synonym of handwriting or chirography, one's own style of writing.

Similar
handwriting or chirographyone's own style of writingcalligraphychirography
OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← Middle English man ← Old English mann →
UncommonScrabble 19
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Meanings

nounpenmanship (usually uncountable, plural penmanships)

plural penmanships

  1. uncountableusuallySynonym of handwriting or chirography, one's own style of writing.

    Synonyms: handwriting or chirography, one's own style of writing

  2. uncountableusuallySynonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.

    Synonyms: calligraphy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of handwriting or chirography, one's own style of writing.

Similar
handwriting or chirographyone's own style of writing

nounSynonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.

Similar
calligraphy

More synonyms by meaning

nounbeautiful handwriting

Similar
calligraphychirography
Broader
handwritinghandscript
Also see
autographcalligraphychirographyhandwritingpenship

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishpen
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  3. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  5. Old Englishmann
  6. Middle Englishman
  7. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  8. Englishpenmanship

From pen + -manship.

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Cite this entry
APA

penmanship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penmanship

MLA

“penmanship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penmanship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “penmanship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penmanship.

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