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 know 42 items found
know, wish to
crave (v.)
know in advance
foreknow (v.)
knowing, power of
speculation (n.)
knowing in advance
foreknowing (n.)
knowledge, area of
science (n.)
knowledge, avowal of skilled
profession (n.)
knowledge, body of
doctrine (n.)
knowledge, carnal
knowledge (n.)
knowledge, claim
profess (v.)
knowledge, collect
gather (v.)
knowledge, esoteric
concealment (n.)
knowledge, have previous
foreknow (v.)
knowledge, lacking in
unexperienced (adj.)
knowledge, positive
resolution (n.)
knowledge, private
privity (n.)
knowledge, real
conscience (n.)
knowledge, seeking
inquisitive (adj.)
knowledge, source of
information (n.)
knowledge, sphere of
element (n.)
knowledge, superficial
smack (n.)
knowledge, tactical
direction (n.)
knowledge, tried
proof (n.)
knowledge, with
knowingly (adv.)
knowledge drawn from experience
art (n.)
knowledge of astrology
astronomy (n.)
knowledge of the human body
physic (n.)
knowledge of the world
knowing (n.)
knowledgeable, secretly
privy (adj.)
knowledgeably
skilfully (adv.)
known, become
air, take
known, generally
vulgar (adj.)
known, make generally
publish (v.)
known, make publicly
divulge (v.)
known, make wickedness
proclaim (v.)
known, making
denotement (n.)
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