# Where to get synonym.txt file for the english language?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-get-synonym-txt-file-for-the-english-language/235202>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 1, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-get-synonym-txt-file-for-the-english-language/235202 "2020-06-01T15:48:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![josie\_kat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/josie_kat/32/50083_2.png) [@josie\_kat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josie_kat)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-get-synonym-txt-file-for-the-english-language/235202/1 "2020-06-01T15:48:22Z")

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```auto
                    "synonym" : {
                        "type" : "synonym",
                        "synonyms_path" : "analysis/synonym.txt"
                    }
                }

```

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-get-synonym-txt-file-for-the-english-language/235202/2 "2020-06-01T16:36:02Z")

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WordNet is such a thing but isn't generally used as a silver bullet for solving information retrieval.

Users typically craft smaller sets of domain-specific entries e.g. `iphone = i-phone` which are much more focused and useful.

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**Author:** ![josie\_kat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/josie_kat/32/50083_2.png) [@josie\_kat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josie_kat)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-get-synonym-txt-file-for-the-english-language/235202/3 "2020-06-01T17:14:14Z")

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I don't understand, what if you man , male, or woman female? if you don'y have synonyms you will fail very quickly. wordnet or not, if we have synonyms for each word in the english vocabulary seem to me that it is a must especially if you're planning general purpose search engine.

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-get-synonym-txt-file-for-the-english-language/235202/4 "2020-06-01T17:16:17Z")

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"WordNet has been used in information retrieval  
research by many researchers, but failed to improve the performance of their retrieval system. "

> **[W98-0704.pdf](https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W98-0704.pdf)**
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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:** [June 29, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-get-synonym-txt-file-for-the-english-language/235202/5 "2020-06-29T17:16:20Z")

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