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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 put 36 items found

put

lay (v.),set (v.),turn (v.)

put ashore

put away

lay apart (v.),lay up (v.),put up (v.),put up (v.),shut up (v.),stow (v.)

put away, be

put down

bane (v.),bear down (v.),choke (v.),depress (v.),kill (v.),outface (v.),overbear (v.),rank (v.),rebuke (v.)

put down by swearing

swear down (v.)

put down for [a sum of money]

subscribe for (v.)

put forward

infer (v.),lay (v.),prefer (v.)

put forward [for immediate action]

put in [a word]

put in a schedule

enschedule (v.)

put in place of

put into the hands of

put it about

put off

adjourn (v.),cease (v.),daff (v.), past form daft,defer (v.),done (adj.),forslow (v.),fub off (v.),hang (v.),linger (v.),niggard (v.),post off (v.),procrastinate (v.),prolong (v.),protract (v.),rejourn (v.),slack (v.),ungird (v.)

put off disdainfully

slight off (v.)

put off with a trick

put on

affect (v.),infected (adj.)

put on, not

put on a foreign accent

put on display

bring forth (v.)

put on hold

put on one's boots

put on smartly

put out

doubt (v.),dout (v.),extinct (adj.),out (adv.),quench (v.)

put right

redress (v.),trim up, trim (v.)

put together

compound (v.),made up, made-up (adj.)

put together nicely

well-compact (adj.)

put up

camp (v.),host (v.)

put up with

bear (v.), past forms bore, borne,brook (v.),carry (v.),digest, disgest (v.),dispense with (v.),endure (v.),girdle, turn one's,pocket up (v.),put up (v.),stay (v.),suffer (v.),take (v.),underbear (v.)

putrefaction

corruption (n.)

putrefying

putrid

putrid swelling

imposthume (n.)

putrify

putting