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

1 sense of william shakespeare

Sense 1
Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Shakspere, William Shakspere, Bard of Avon -- (English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616))
       INSTANCE OF=> dramatist, playwright -- (someone who writes plays)
       INSTANCE OF=> poet -- (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))