Looking for Thesaurus Data [closed]

Question

Looking for an open-source Thesaurus dataset which contains as many English root words and synonyms as possible. Any solutions and associated links to data would be appreciated.

Musing

Folks on StackOverflow have a tendency to shut questions down as not constructive far too soon. This is the second time in two days that I've found a question useful, and the answer useful, yet someone shut it down. – Bebop

I googled for exactly this question. The answers about wordnet sent me straight where I needed to go. Doesn't make sense the question is closed. – Fiendish

When someone closes a question because it's on Google, it would be very useful if the search terms were provided. Sometimes it's not laziness, but not knowing the best terms to use. – Frumentaceous

This question has clear value, and needs to be reopened. – Pigheaded

I agree, this should be re-opened, even as it stands it has more useful info than the linked question which is nearly identical and which has not been closed as non-constructive. – Ouidaouija

@Klutz how can this question be improved? – Dereism

@Dereism - it's out of my hands now, I'm no longer a diamond moderator. You could bring this up on Meta. – Klutz

Answer 1

Thanks to Grady Ward for releasing http://icon.shef.ac.uk/Moby/ in the public domain ;)

Hellenistic

how would you use those files? – Mudskipper

Sheffield site captured: web.archive.org/web/20170930060409/http://icon.shef.ac.uk/Moby – Katherine

Answer 2

https://wordnet.princeton.edu/download

Also, OpenOffice.org has a thesaurus and is open source. You should be able to use their thesaurus database at least in another open source project.

Harlequin

Thank you for the reply but it would be nice if you send across the link for OpenOffice Thesaurus downloads. – Musing

Have a look here: extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/dictionaries But with a little help from Google you can find it yourself. Don't forget to check the license conditions if you intend to use it in a public product. – Harlequin

For anyone else that comes across this, you can download the OpenOffice extension (e.g any of the English dictionaries), rename the .oxt file to .zip, and look at th_en_US_v2.dat or similar. That file contains a list of words and their synonyms. – Housley

The link is broken. – Circumcision

Thanks, @Flimm. I replaced the link, though I am not fully aware anymore what the previously linked FAQ entry was stating exactly. – Harlequin

"equestrian" as a synonym for "traveling"? "Panama" as a synonym for "sailor"? This dataset is completely useless. – Subliminal

Answer 3

Check WordNet: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/

Choroid

wordnetcode.princeton.edu/standoff-files/core-wordnet.txt is what you are looking for... – Stole

the version in wordnetcode.princeton.edu/standoff-files/core-wordnet.txt is incomplete. for example it cannot match cat with feline - something that wordnet itself can do – Hittite

Answer 4

Take a look at this forum post at digitalpoint.

Take a look at previous question here Need a thesaurus database

Note: A simple Google search reveals a lot of links.

Jipijapa

Thank you for the reply but none of them are helping out .I am still not able to find a thesaurus database that has all the words and its synonyms :( – Musing