thick, thin
plain
lined
graph
A3, A4, etc. (not in the US)
executive, legal, letter (all AmE)
blank
I stared at the blank paper, not knowing how to start the letter.

printed
There is a special rate for printed paper.

loose
pieces of loose paper

brown, coloured/colored
a brown paper package of books

Manila
acid-free
kraft (AmE)
butcher (AmE)
parchment
greaseproof (BrE), wax, waxed
glossy, shiny
scrap, scratch (AmE), waste
I made some notes on a piece of scrap paper.

recycled
handmade
decorative
computer
notebook
drawing, writing
blotting
tracing
wrapping
crêpe
tissue
photographic
filter
kitchen (BrE) (paper towel in AmE)
toilet
cigarette (esp. BrE), rolling (esp. AmE)
a packet of cigarette papers (BrE)
a pack of rolling papers (AmE)

litmus
crumpled, folded

bit (esp. BrE), piece, scrap, sheet, slip, strip
I scribbled down his number on a scrap of paper.

roll
a roll of toilet paper

side
The essay filled seven sides of paper.

fold
Fold the paper in half.

unfold
rip, shred, tear
crumple, crumple up, screw up (esp. BrE)
He crumpled the paper into a ball.
I screwed up the paper and threw it away.

recycle

be scattered
Scraps of wrapping paper were scattered around.

flutter
A piece of paper fluttered to the floor.

bag, cup, plate, sack
napkin, towel
aeroplane (BrE), airplane (AmE), ball, doll, hat, lantern
currency, money
document, map, receipt, ticket
the advantages of paper maps over online maps

copy, version
He kept a paper copy of his account information.

edition
cut-out
mill
pulp
industry
shredder

on paper
I've had nothing on paper (= in writing) to say that I've been accepted.

put pen to paper
I've thought about what I'm going to write, but I haven't yet put pen to paper.

a waste of paper
This report is a waste of paper.

daily, evening (esp. BrE), morning, Sunday, weekly
today's, yesterday's
independent, left-wing (esp. BrE), right-wing (esp. BrE)
hometown (esp. AmE), local, national
school (esp. AmE)
broadsheet (esp. BrE), quality (BrE)
tabloid (esp. BrE)

copy
Do you have a copy of yesterday's paper?

edition
today's edition of the paper

buy, get, take (esp. BrE)
Do you take a daily paper?

flick through (esp. BrE), flip through (esp. AmE), read
What paper do you usually read?

print, produce, publish
edit, write for, write in
appear in
get into
The story got into the papers.

come out
The paper comes out every Saturday.

report sth
The paper reported that several people had seen UFOs.

shop (BrE)
boy, girl
round (BrE), route (AmE)
Many kids do a paper round.
Many kids have paper routes.

in a/the paper
I read about his arrest in the paper.
I read about his arrest in the papers. (esp. BrE)

on a/the paper
She got a job on the local paper.

necessary
official
ID, identification, identity
personal, private
court, legal
adoption, divorce
ballot

pile, sheaf

sign
Teresa signed the adoption papers.

show
Be prepared to show your identity papers at the border.

shuffle
He shuffled the papers on his desk.

file
legal papers filed in London

exam, examination, question, test (BrE, AmE)
written
I did well on the oral but not on the written paper.

English, history, etc.

do, sit, take
set
The exam papers are set by experienced teachers.

mark
turn over
You may now turn over your papers.

in a/the paper
the questions in the physics paper

on a/the paper
You must not write on the question paper.

draft (esp. BrE)
consultation (esp. BrE), discussion, position, working
research, scientific, technical
scholarly
term (AmE)
I wrote a term paper on eating disorders.

seminal
peer-reviewed
published, unpublished
influential

deliver, give, present, read, submit
author, draft, prepare, produce, write
co-author
issue, publish, release
cite

consider sth, deal with sth, examine sth, explore sth, focus on sth, look at sth
The paper looks at the future of university education.

outline sth
argue sth, propose sth
demonstrate sth
conclude sth
describe sth, outline sth, present sth
report sth
This paper reports the results of a two-year field experiment.

be called sth, be entitled sth, be titled sth (esp. AmE)

in a/the paper
Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper ‘On Narcissism’.

paper on
a paper on the development of the novel