What does "shakespearean sonnet" mean?

A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

What is a synonym for "shakespearean sonnet"?

Common synonyms include: ballad, bucolic, dirge, elegy, elizabethan sonnet, english sonnet.

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1
A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
2
a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg wordnet

Named after English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564–1616) and strongly associated with his authorship.