Application.SynonymInfo Property

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Word Developer Reference

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 an Application 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.

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

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