gerkintrigg Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Hi! I wondered if anyone here knew of a good thesaurus CSV file that I can download, ideally for free, but I may be willing to pay for the right one. Thanks, Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I was looking for something like this a couple years ago. Closest I could find was here though it is not as simple as some csv where each row is a list of words relating to each other. In my past researches I have determined that unfortunately, thesauruses are a lot more complex than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I did the same however my solution was to allow the user to enter words to be stored in a database. This is not a solution if you are planning on using the entire dictionary. A simple program ran in the background that looped through each word and checked if it had a definition, synonyms, etc. If it didn't, a simple webbot would be triggered that browsed to thesaurus.com and grabbed the relevent data then inserted it into my database. A user could also trigger the bot by clicking on the word via the front-end interface. A bit of Ajax would display a timer until the bot had completed it's job. i.e http://thesaurus.com/browse/test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerkintrigg Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 I admire the thought process, but I want the database to double as a stand-alone system on a desktop, so I really need a thesaurus database. I'm fine with multiple tables in a database, but I do need a thesaurus that I can move around and even access without net connectivity (fancy that!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Well if you happen to find what you're looking for then post it, as I am always interested in playing with words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerkintrigg Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Will do. But it looks like I am going to have to buy one. Nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickOldCar Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 How about something like wordnet http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ I myself are keen to words. Take a look at artha, it uses wordnet http://artha.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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