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 rest 36 items found
rest [given to a horse]
sob (n.)
rest, at
still (adj.)
rest, come to
light (v.)
rest, lay to
lie by (v.)
rested, stiff because too
resty-stiff (adj.)
resting place
seat (n.)
restitution, make
recompense (v.)
restore hearing
undeaf (v.)
restore to brightness
scour (n.)
restore to health
recover (v.),recure (v.)
restrain oneself, unable to
incontinent (adj.)
restrained, be
time, keep
restraint, abandon
cock-a-hoop, set
restraint, act without
head, take the
restraint, enforcing
continent (adj.)
restraint, keep under
silence (v.)
restraint, lack of
intemperance (n.)
restraint, with
sparingly (adv.)
restricting, narrowly
pinching (adj.)
restriction, place under
confine (v.)
restrictive
continent (adj.)
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