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This is a thesaurus of all the glosses to the words in the Glossary, linked to the lines in the texts where these words are found.

The Thesaurus is the opposite of the Glossary. When consulting the Glossary, you know the word and you want to find out what it means. When consulting the Thesaurus, you know the meaning and you want to find out which Shakespearean words express it. How would he say 'arrogant' or 'companion'? The options are listed when you search for these words.

Disclaimer: our Thesaurus is a guide only to the words in the Glossary, and not an account of the way these words might be used elsewhere in the canon, or in Early Modern English as a whole. For example, we include Shakespeare’s use of mother to mean 'womanish qualities', but not in its ordinary sense of 'parent'. You can read more background about the thesaurus here.

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Search phrase low 55 items found

low

base (adj.),bastard (adj.),bottle-ale (adj.),humble (adj.),peasant (adj.)

low, bring

depress (v.),shrink (v.)

low, brought

declined (adj.)

low, laid

low, lay

low birth, man of

low birth, of

base-born (adj.)

low ebb

low fellow

bezonian (n.),carl, carle (n.),coistrel (n.),custrel (n.),Dick (n.)

low level

low level, fall to a

low opinion, with a

abjectly (adv.)

low position, in a

low quality, of

low rank, of

low regard, in

carelessly (adv.)

low spirits

low spirits, in

low subjects

low value, of

low-bending

low-crooked (adj.)

low-born

base (adj.),base-born (adj.),mean-born (adj.),vulgar (adj.)

low-born person

low-bred

lower

abase (v.),abate (v.),beneath (adj.),bring down (v.),couch (v.),deject (v.),dismount (v.),let fall (v.),nether (adj.),take down (v.),vail (v.),vail (v.),weaken (v.)

lower [of sails]

lower, look

lower courtyard [of a castle]

base-court (n.)

lower in rank

lower leg

lower level, reach a

lower rank, of

lower ranking

lower regions of the body

lower stage, on the

lower the dignity of

lowered

bated (adj.),vailed (adj.)

lowering

mitigation (n.)

lowering of tune

lowest

lowest estimate

lowest point

lowest ranking

lowland

base (adj.),vale (n.)

lowly

bad (adj.),base (adj.),contemptible (adj.),gross (adj.),humble (adj.),low (adj.),mean (adj.),silly (adj.),vile, vild (adj.),villain (adj.)

lowly, the

wretchedness (n.)

lowly activity

lowly manner, in a

backwardly (adv.),low (adv.),meanly (adv.)

lowly person

low (n.),vile, vild (n.)

lowly state

low-lying

base (adj.),humble (adj.)

low-lying land

low-pitched

low-placed reject

low-quality