Synonyms that are in the dictionary are marked in green. Synonyms that are not in the dictionary are marked in red.
Antonyms that are in the dictionary are marked in green. Antonyms that are not in the dictionary are marked in red.
The link comes through Shakespeare’s close relationship with his literary patron 21-year-old Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, to whom Shakespeare dedicated his long dramatic poems ‘Venus and Adonis’ and ‘The Rape of Lucrece’.