Word Type

Proper Noun

Noun

Verb

The word "shakespeare" can be used as proper noun, noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Defined As

most famous english writer

Derived Terms

Bacon-Shakespearean Shakespearean Shakespearean sonnet Shakespeareana Shakespeareanism Shakespeareanize Shakespeareanly Shakespeareanness Shakespearemania Shakespearese Shakespearesque Shakespearian Shakespeariana Shakespearism Shakespearize Shakespearolater Shakespearolatry Shakespearologist Shakespearology Shakey unShakespearean

Etymologically Related To

shake spear

Type Of (IsA)

great dramatist

Receives Action

considered to great writer

Related Terms

centuries english language playwright poet seventeenth sixteenth

Synonym Network

william shakespeare

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