Read and Write

Opposite meaning words

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

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Write is an antonym for read in topics: express, look at and understand written word.

Write verb - To compose and set down on paper the words of.

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Read is an antonym for write in put language down on paper topic.

Nearby Words: writing, writer, writ, writable

name	read name	write name
note	read note	write note
series	read series	write series
way	read way	write way
Other words: letter, story, language, article, book, music, novel, comic, script, letters, novels, books, lyrics, stories, comics, manga.

In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Toph, being blind in a world without anything like Braille, cannot read or write.

Source: Never Learned to Read
She can read, write, and speak Japanese thanks to Shinichi's guidance, but apart from being able to speak Eldantian, she is unable to read or write in her native language.

Source: Light Novel / Outbreak Company
The first Rumpole of the Bailey story has Rumpole proving that a confession was coerced because the defendant can't read or write, and thus couldn't have written it/known what he was signing.

Source: Never Learned to Read

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