Home › Words › S › shavianshavian/ˈʃeɪ.vɪ.ən/shavian means of or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works.shavian is pronounced /ˈʃeɪ.vɪ.ən/.EtymologyFrom Latin Shavi(us) + -an (a Latinized form of Shaw), named after George Bernard Shaw.adjOf or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works.Of or relating to the Shavian alphabet.nounAn admirer of Shaw, or an advocate of his ideas.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shaviana 81% match — Objects or texts relating to George Bernard Shaw. vs shavian →shawism 66% match — A belief, quotation, etc. attributed to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). vs shavian →shakespearean 59% match — Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived. vs shavian →shaftesburyan 55% match — Of or pertaining to the Earl of Shaftesbury. vs shavian →sheldonian 55% match — Of or pertaining to Gilbert Sheldon. vs shavian →shakespeareanism 52% match — The devotion to or the teaching of the works and terminology of William Shakespeare. vs shavian →borrovian 52% match — Reminiscent of or pertaining to the English traveler and writer George Borrow. vs shavian →bradwardinian 52% match — Of, or pertaining to, Thomas Bradwardine or his works. vs shavian →