Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun king_lear

1 sense of king lear

Sense 1
Lear, King Lear -- (the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters)
       INSTANCE OF=> fictional character, fictitious character, character -- (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel")