Word.ws English Dictionary

Jonsonian

UK/d͡ʒɒnˈsəʊ.ni.ən/US/d͡ʒɑnˈsoʊ.ni.ən/

Jonsonian adjective: of or pertaining to Ben Jonson (1572-1637), English Renaissance satirical dramatist, poet, actor and contemporary of William Shakespeare, or to his works.

Adjective

Jonsonian (comparative more Jonsonian, superlative most Jonsonian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Ben Jonson (1572-1637), English Renaissance satirical dramatist, poet, actor and contemporary of William Shakespeare, or to his works.

Forms of Jonsonian

comparativemore Jonsonian
superlativemost Jonsonian

Origin of Jonsonian

From Jonson + -ian.

Words that rhyme with Jonsonian

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Jonsonian

What does Jonsonian mean?
Jonsonian means of or pertaining to Ben Jonson (1572-1637), English Renaissance satirical dramatist, poet, actor and contemporary of William Shakespeare, or to his works.
What part of speech is Jonsonian?
Jonsonian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Jonsonian?
Jonsonian is pronounced /d͡ʒɒnˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ (UK).

Words near Jonsonian in the dictionary

  1. jonse
  2. Jonsen
  3. Jonsered
  4. Jonson
  5. Jonsonesque
  6. Jonsonian
  7. jonties
  8. jonty
  9. Jonval
  10. Jonval turbine
  11. Jonval turbines

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Jonsonian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Jonsonian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/jonsonian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.