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

2 senses of shylock

Sense 1
usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock -- (someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest)
       => lender, loaner -- (someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters)
       => shark -- (a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest)

Sense 2
Shylock -- (a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare)
       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")