Global.SynonymInfo property (Word)

Returns a SynonymInfo object that contains information from the thesaurus on synonyms, antonyms, or related words and expressions for the specified word or phrase.

Syntax

expression. SynonymInfo( _Word_ , _LanguageID_ )

expression Required. A variable that represents a 'Global' object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
Word Required String The specified word or phrase.
LanguageID Optional Variant The language used for the thesaurus. Can be one of the WdLanguageID constants (although some of the constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you have selected or installed).

Example

This example returns a list of antonyms for the word "big" in U.S. English.

Alist = SynonymInfo(Word:="big", _ 
 LanguageID:=wdEnglishUS).AntonymList 
For i = 1 To UBound(Alist) 
 Msgbox Alist(i) 
Next i

See also

Global Object

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