king lear

1. 1.

   the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters

   SynonymsLear

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about king lear

What does king lear mean?

king lear means "the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters".

What is another word for king lear?

Close synonyms include Lear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is king lear a common word?

king lear is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.