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 SynonymGraph

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Create a graph of a word's synonyms

Contributed by: Gustavo Delfino

ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["word"]

creates a graphs of synonyms for the given English-language word.

ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["word",n]

creates a graphs of synonyms for the given word, and recurses down n levels of synonyms.

Details and Options

ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["word"] is equivalent to ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["word",1]
ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"] takes the same options as Graph.

Examples

Basic Examples (3) 

These are the synonyms of the word "wood" and which synonyms are synonyms themselves:

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ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["wood"]
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Go one level deeper:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["wood", 2]
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And another level deeper:

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ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["wood", 3]
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Scope (2) 

With the default recurse level, the number of nodes matches the number of synonyms of the word plus one for the original word:

In[4]:=
VertexList@ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["sand"]
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In[5]:=
Synonyms["sand"]
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By increasing the recurse level, we get to see additional synonyms not directly related to the original word:

In[6]:=
ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["sand", 2]
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All Graph options can be used:

In[7]:=
ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["options", VertexLabelStyle -> Red]
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Neat Examples (1) 

CommunityGraphPlot applied to the SynonymGraph of "example" can show an interesting pattern of three communities:

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ResourceFunction["SynonymGraph"]["example"] // CommunityGraphPlot
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Publisher

GustavoDelfino

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 28 February 2020

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