Synonyms for text
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 6 votes

1. textverb

   To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.

   Just text me when you get here.

   Synonyms:
   SMS, message

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1. text, textual matternoun

   the words of something written

   "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"

   Synonyms:
   schoolbook, school text, text edition, textual matter, textbook

2. textnoun

   a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon

   "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"

   Synonyms:
   schoolbook, school text, text edition, textual matter, textbook

3. textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school textnoun

   a book prepared for use in schools or colleges

   "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"

   Synonyms:
   schoolbook, school text, text edition, textbook, textual matter

4. textnoun

   the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)

   "pictures made the text easier to understand"

   Synonyms:
   schoolbook, school text, text edition, textual matter, textbook

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1. • Book
   • Matter
   • Passage

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. textnoun

   Synonyms:
   body (of a literary work, as distinguished from comments), true copy

2. textnoun

   Synonyms:
   verse (of scripture), passage, sentence, clause, paragraph

3. textnoun

   Synonyms:
   topic, subject, theme, thesis

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1. textnoun

   Synonyms:
   passage, pericope, subject, topic, theme

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "text":

   texts, wording, version, texte, arrange, document, textual, texto, piece, copy, language, text-, text-based, word, draft

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1. Giovanna Gibson:

   I got a text message from my neighbor saying, ‘Are you okay? Your street is on fire,’.

2. William Tong:

   We have emails, text messages, telephone records, and former company insiders that we believe will prove a multi-year conspiracy to fix prices and divide market share for huge numbers of generic drugs, we will not stop until these companies and the individuals who orchestrated these schemes are held accountable.

3. Brian McNoldy:

   The cone graphics try to be everything to everyone, and the end result is a complicated graphic that might not necessarily meet its goals, although all of its components are described on the graphic itself, people don't always read legends or descriptive text.

4. Timothy Christopher Mara:

   I text messaged my dad the other day saying ‘I miss you’ and his response was ‘I miss your hair,’ so thanks, Dad!

5. Elizabeth Cohen:

   It’s difficult to … write a text that is really what you feel and not what you think will get the response you want.