Elizabethan sonnet

noun

Synonym of Shakespearean sonnet.

Meanings

nounElizabethan sonnet (plural Elizabethan sonnets)

plural Elizabethan sonnets

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Shakespearean sonnet.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Elizabethan sonnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elizabethan%20sonnet

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“Elizabethan sonnet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elizabethan%20sonnet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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