Find synonym and root of a word in java

java dictionary synonym
psy picture psy · Feb 7, 2011 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

I am developing a JAVA application where user enters a word in textbox,the synonyms of the word has to be autoprompted to him.

Given a word,is it possible to find its synonyms and its root in JAVA?should i use a dictionary?

eg:

word:   killer
synonym: murderer butcher hitman

word:   killing
root:   kill

Answer

Fabian Steeg picture Fabian Steeg · Feb 7, 2011

One option would be to use WordNet with a Java API, e.g. JAWS: http://lyle.smu.edu/~tspell/jaws

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