SynonymInfo Property

Applies To

Application object, Global object, Range object.

Description

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

Syntax 1

expression.SynonymInfo

Syntax 2

expression.SynonymInfo(Word, LanguageID)

expression Syntax 1: Required. An expression that returns a Range object.

Syntax 2: Optional. An expression that returns an Application object.

Word Required String. The word or phrase to look up in the thesaurus.

LanguageID Optional Variant. The language used for the thesaurus. Can be one of the following WdLanguageID constants:

wdAfrikaans	wdArabic
wdBasque	wdBelgianDutch
wdBelgianFrench	wdBrazilianPortuguese
wdBulgarian	wdByelorussian
wdCatalan	wdCroation
wdCzech	wdDanish
wdDutch	wdEnglishAUS
wdEnglishCanadian	wdEnglishNewZealand
wdEnglishSouthAfrica	wdEnglishUK
wdEnglishUS	wdEstonian
wdFarsi	wdFinnish
wdFrench	wdFrenchCanadian
wdGerman	wdGreek
wdHebrew	wdHungarian
wdIcelandic	wdItalian
wdJapanese	wdKorean
wdLanguageNone	wdLatvian
wdMacedonian	wdMalaysian
wdMexicanSpanish	wdNoProofing
wdNorwegianBokmol	wdNorwegianNynorsk
wdPolish	wdPortuguese
wdRomanian	wdRussian
wdSerbianCyrillic	wdSerbianLatin
wdSesotho	wdSimplifiedChinese
wdSlovak	wdSlovenian
wdSpanish	wdSpanishModernSort
wdSwedish	wdSwissFrench

wdSwissGerman	wdSwissItalian
wdTraditionalChinese	wdTsonga
wdTswana	wdTurkish
wdUkrainian	wdVenda
wdXhosa	wdZulu

See Also

SynonymInfo object.

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

This example returns a list of synonyms for the selection's first meaning.

Slist = Selection.Range.SynonymInfo.SynonymList(Meaning:=1)
For i = 1 To UBound(Slist)
    Msgbox Slist(i)
Next i