# Synonym Problem - Reload list

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-problem-reload-list/8625>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 3, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-problem-reload-list/8625 "2012-08-03T12:16:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Honjoya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/honjoya/32/2576_2.png) [@Honjoya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Honjoya)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-problem-reload-list/8625/1 "2012-08-03T12:16:08Z")

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Hi,

\*I am doubt for reloading the list of synonym. \* _From what I read is  
necessary open and close the index for reload new list,  
but this process works only once, not working anymore when updated more  
often. \*\* I need that whenever create a new list, must be processed in the  
search. preferably in real time._  
\*  
\*  
can someone help me.

Thanks.  
Henrique.

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**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-problem-reload-list/8625/2 "2012-08-03T15:19:22Z")

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Henrique,

Your scenario is currently not possible:

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/1956>
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> For search analyzers that contain a synonym type filter, it would be great to be… able to make changes to the synonym file and have those changes recognized immediately by the associated analyzers without having to close/open the index. Ideally, the synonym cache would be refreshed automatically with changes to the corresponding synonym file. Another option would be to provide API call that could be made to refresh cache on demand. For most ecommerce sites, synonyms provide great value, and therefore are used quite frequently, and it is critical that these changes be implemented without any search outage.

I actually wrote some code yesterday to provide a solution, but it  
requires this feature:  
[Initial implementation of ResourceWatcherService by imotov · Pull Request #2103 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/2103) If that pull  
request makes it into master, I will complete the code.

Cheers,

Ivan

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 5:16 AM, elasticSearchUserBeginner  
[ti.honjoya@gmail.com](mailto:ti.honjoya@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am doubt for reloading the list of synonym. From what I read is necessary  
> open and close the index for reload new list,  
> but this process works only once, not working anymore when updated more  
> often. I need that whenever create a new list, must be processed in the  
> search. preferably in real time.
> 
> can someone help me.
> 
> Thanks.  
> Henrique.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-problem-reload-list/8625/3 "2017-07-06T03:17:49Z")

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