william gilbert

Questions about william gilbert

What does william gilbert mean?

william gilbert means "a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for william gilbert?

Close synonyms include Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert, Gilbert. 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 william gilbert a common word?

william gilbert is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.