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Stylus

/ˈstaɪl.əs/

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.

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📖 Definitions of "Stylus"

noun

1
Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
2
(by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
3
A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.

noun

1
A sharp stick used in ancient times for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a sharp tool for engraving.
2
A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
3
A phonograph needle.
4
A small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch-sensitive screen of an electronic device.

🔄 Synonyms of "Stylus"

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Word	Definition
stylenoun	Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stylus"

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Word	Definition
stylenoun	Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
crayonnoun	A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
pencilnoun	A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
pointernoun	Anything that points or is used for pointing.
spearnoun	A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
needlenoun	A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
pennoun	A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
stilusnoun	Alternative spelling of stylus. [(writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.]
stylographynoun	The process of drawing or writing using a stylus onto a wax tablet, etc.
stylonoun	A stylographic pen.
stylophonenoun	(music) A small synthesizer operated using a stylus.
inkingnoun	An application of ink.
stelographynoun	The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.
stylographic pennoun	A stylograph, a pen that applies ink in a line of relatively uniform width via a narrow tube with the flow of ink regulated by a fine wire inside the tube, now used principally for technical drawings.
noctographnoun	(historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.
solidusnoun	(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, originally (UK) in its use as the shilling mark and now its formal designation by the ISO and Unicode.
runestaffnoun	(archaic or puristic) A runic letter or character.
bookstavenoun	Alternative form of bookstaff (“letter, alphabetic symbol”). [(archaic or puristic, now rare) A letter, a letter of the alphabet, a written character.]
penstrokenoun	a stroke of a pen
stemnoun	The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.