# Highlighting Synonyms with App Search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-synonyms-with-app-search/318801>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [November 13, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-synonyms-with-app-search/318801 "2022-11-13T18:03:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![christian.adib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@christian.adib](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christian.adib)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-synonyms-with-app-search/318801/1 "2022-11-13T18:03:40Z")

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from App Search docs

` **On synonyms** : If a search finds a synonym for a query, the synonym will not be highlighted. `

Is this default behavior that can be modified/changed?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-synonyms-with-app-search/318801/2 "2022-12-11T18:04:14Z")

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