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If anyone is keen, another likely source of synonyms is Wikipedia redirects. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Redirects cheers stuart -- ...let us be heard from red core to black sky On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 3:10 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I wrote a little hack called the Synonomizer, a Python-based CGI script > allowing the reader to create a synonym file suitable for use in Solr. From > the blog posting:[1] > > Here is how Synonymizer works. First it reads a configured > database of previously generated synonyms.† In the beginning, > this file is empty but must be readable and writable by the HTTP > server. Second, Synonymizer reads the database and offers the > reader to: 1) create a new set of synonyms, 2) edit an existing > synonym, or 3) generate a synonym file. If Option #1 is chosen, > then input is garnered, and looked up in WordNet. The script will > then enable the reader to disambiguate the input through the > selection of apropos definitions. Upon selection, both WordNet > hyponyms and hypernyms will be returned. The reader then has the > opportunity to select desired words/phrase as well as enter any > of their own design. The result is saved to the database. The > process is similar if the reader chooses Option #2. If Option #3 > is chosen, then the database is read, reformatted, and output to > the screen as a stream of text to be used on Solr or something > else that may require similar functionality. Because Option #3 is > generated with a single URL, it is possible to programmatically > incorporate the synonyms into your Solr indexing process > pipeline. > > For a limited period of time, one can play with Synonomizer in a sandbox. > [2] > > [1] blog posting - http://blogs.nd.edu/emorgan/2017/01/synonymizer/ > [2] sandbox - http://dh.crc.nd.edu/sandbox/synonymizer/ > > — > Eric Morgan > University of Notre Dame >