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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 set 83 items found

set

case (n.),flush (adj.),mature (adj.),pight (adj.),pitch (v.),placed (adj.),stand (v.)

set [a broken limb]

set [bowls]

set [of people]

set, be

set about

go (v.),lay on / upon (v.)

set afoot

set abroad (v.)

set against each other

put together (v.)

set an activity to be followed

set apart

set aside

abate (v.),dispense with (v.),lay apart (v.),lay by (v.),put by (v.),set off (v.)

set at large

set before

set before oneself

set before the mind

set down

set down in writing

set effectively

set fast

set foot

set forth

define (v.),emblaze (v.),project (v.)

set free

enfranchise (v.),loose (v.)

set in a delicate bodily frame

tender-hefted (adj.)

set in motion

set in order

set in readiness

set in train

set of dependents

set of nine attendants

set of three [in hunting]

set off

claw (v.),rive (v.)

set off to advantage

set on

set out

put forth (v.),set forward (v.),suited (adj.)

set out on foot

set spinning

set to

lay on / upon (v.)

set to work

fall to, fall to it (v.),stand to (v.)

set to work on

go about with (v.)

set up

appoint (v.),institute (v.),lay (v.),pight (adj.),plant (v.),plant (v.),plant (v.),set (v.),settle (v.)

set up in public

bring forth (v.)

set upon

set with precious stones

carbuncled (adj.)

setback

foil (n.),stay (n.)

setting [background]

foil (n.),ground (n.)

setting [sun]

darking (n.),fall (n.),set (n.),set (n.),vail (n.)

setting, enclosed in a

setting, fixed in a

setting down

setting out

setting out for war

expedition (n.)

settle

assure (v.),compound (v.),conclude (v.),content (v.),dispatch, despatch (v.),end (v.),estate (v.),even (v.),include (v.),make up (v.),pitch (v.),resolve (v.),seat (v.),stall (v.),stick (v.),take up (v.)

settle, confidently

settle as in a stable

settle down

lie by (v.),quench (v.),set down (v.)

settle hastily

settle in a camp

settle on

settle the hash of

pheeze, feeze (v.)

settle the matter

settle the price of

settle the quarrel

settle the score

settle up

settle with

discharge (v.),pay (v.)

settled

certain (adj.),constant (adj.),constant (adj.),firm (adj.),prefixed (adj.),resolved (adj.),seasoned (adj.),staid (adj.)

settled [legal]

affeered (adj.)

settled, needing to be

competent, computent (adj.)

settled expression

settled in mind

absolute (adj.)

settled practice

settled state

settlement

acquittance (n.),arbitrament, arbitrement (n.),composition (n.),compromise (n.),condition (n.),discharge (n.),portion (n.),stablishment (n.)

settlement, agreed

composition (n.)

settlement, financial

settlement, make a

settlement, marriage

settlement, prompt

dispatch, despatch (n.)

settlement of account

settlement of business

settlement of debts

settler

settling of account