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Would anyone know of a way to extract Google Synonyms, either through their API or other (TOS-approved) methods?

Specifically, Google have a function that allows you to type a tilde sign "~" in front of a word to conduct a search with synonyms.

As opposed to the search results, I'd like to extract the actual synonym data - so for ~cat, I would like a script that returns feline, kitten, etc.

http://www.synonymlab.com/ do something similar, I guess - but do they do this through the API?

Sorry but there's limited information out there. Any ideas if it's possible?

Majid
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  • You could try e-mailing Synonym Lab. I found the e-mail `support@synonymlab.com` off of [Whois](http://whois.domaintools.com/synonymlab.com). – strager Aug 06 '10 at 20:28
  • Hi, Thanks strager - from what I could research, it seems they run a script that runs a search and extracts the bold letters from the search results, but not sure if that contradicts the TOS. I'll take your advice and drop them a line. If anyone else knows of a way through the API that would be great :) Thanks, P. – Pierre Aug 07 '10 at 18:35
  • Is there a specific reason why you want Google's? OO makes theirs available as per this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4175371/1416258 –  Jun 18 '12 at 12:23

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I looked around for a Google synonym API and found no evidence of such as service.

On the other hand, I found evidence that other people also looked and found nothing. :)

As alternatives, you might consider using WordNet, Freebase (see a discussion on synonyms), or Wikipedia (see Extracting Named Entities and Synonyms from Wikipedia).

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The Google Doesn't provide an API for Synonyms. However, A great API Service for Synonyms is http://datamarket.azure.com/dataset/bing/synonyms . It will allows you to request 5000/pm.

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  • It is crappy.. worse than a dictionary.. do not know what bing is mining for words like - "destroy", "replace" etc.. Totally worthless!! – abipc Sep 26 '14 at 11:53
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I found this. This provides unlimited JSON response for the word you want to search. https://dictionaryapi.dev/

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  • While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. - [From Review](/review/late-answers/33638871) – Ahmed Sbai Jan 20 '23 at 21:44