Thesaurus
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 writ 31 items found
write creatively
invent (v.)
write down
paper (v.)
write down formally
register (v.)
write one down as
subscribe (v.)
write out
draw (v.)
write the music
set (v.)
writer, early Christian
father (n.)
writer, sonnet
sonnet (n.)
writing, create in
compile (v.)
writing, piece of
paper (n.)
writing, record in
prick down, prick (v.)
writing, set down in
penned (adj.)
writing, sheet of
label (n.)
writing, style of
character (n.),pen (n.)
writing system
figure (n.)
writing tablet
book (n.),table (n.)
written authority
writ (n.)
written authorization
hand (n.)
written discharge
acquittance (n.)
written document
present (n.)
written exposition
invention (n.)
written form
letter (n.)
written order
bill (n.)
written out in proper legal form
engross (v.)
written record
character (n.)
written request
supplication (n.)
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