SCRIPTS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

scripts

noun

plural of script

as in handwritings

the form or style of a particular person's writing has a neat, careful script with delicate loops

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as in screenplays

the written form of a story prepared for film production sold two scripts to the movie studio

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as in calligraphies

writing done by hand sending a thank-you note in script—and not just an e-mail—is the only proper way to express one's gratitude

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Recent Examples of scripts Zion also enjoys technology and is especially proud of his skills with coding and creating computer scripts. — The Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026 To be fair, the fault here lies equally with the scripts, which dump information without first creating suspense. — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026 Degree in hand, Chandrasekaran was hired as a consultant for Boston Consulting Group in Los Angeles and wrote spec scripts in his free time. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Nobody in these organizations is writing personal Gmail scripts at night to survive their inbox. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 The extension comes a couple weeks after NBC asked for additional scripts for the show, which centers on a family of federal law enforcement officers. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 Terminal commands can download software, change system settings and execute scripts. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 There were screenplays being written; Paul [Downs Colaizzo] wrote one of the best scripts for it. — John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2026 None of this has to do with persuasion tactics or clever scripts. — Dr. Sariki Abungwo, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The effort responds to years of training from those models on screenplays without explicit permission, which has sparked questions over the legality of using those scripts without permission.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
The movie is fatally twee, a quality entirely antithetical to Ishiguro’s exquisite writing — that applies both to the Japanese British author’s fiction and his screenplays, like 2022’s English-language Kurosawa remake, Living.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

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Next year, Madrid’s prestigious Museo Reina Sofía will open an outpost in the city, with a collection of 138,000 paintings, sculptures and manuscripts.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
There are manuscripts, emails, projects, follow-ups and the occasional administrative mystery that arrives disguised as a perfectly ordinary Tuesday.

— Morissa Schwartz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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