SynonymList Property

Applies To

SynonymInfo object.

Description

Returns a list of synonyms for a specified meaning of a word or phrase. The list is returned as an array of strings. Read-only Variant.

Syntax

expression.SynonymList(Meaning)

expression Required. An expression that returns a SynonymInfo object.

Meaning Required Variant. The meaning as a string or an index number in the array of possible meanings.

See Also

AntonymList property, MeaningCount property, MeaningList property, SynonymInfo object.

Example

This example returns a list of synonyms for the word "big," using the meaning "generous" in U.S. English.

Slist = SynonymInfo(Word:="big", LanguageID:=wdEnglishUS) _
    .SynonymList(Meaning:="generous")
For i = 1 To UBound(Slist)
    Msgbox Slist(i)
Next i

This example returns a list of synonyms for the second meaning of the selected word or phrase and displays these synonyms in the Immediate window in the Visual Basic editor. If there's no second meaning or if there are no synonyms, this is stated in a message box.

Set mySi = Selection.Range.SynonymInfo
If mySi.MeaningCount >= 2 Then
    synList = mySi.SynonymList(Meaning:=2)
        For i = 1 To UBound(synList)
            Debug.Print synList(i)
        Next i
Else
    MsgBox "There is no second meaning for this word or phrase."
End If