PyThesaurus

Description

This python package gets you the thesaurus of an inputted word from the best dictionary sites available online.

Why you need this package?

Though python provides lexical resources like WordNet, the variety it can provide is poor. The rich content the Thesaurus.com or the Dictionary.com provides will help the user to enhance their approaches when he/she is dealing with text mining, NLP techniques and much more.

How to install?

Use pip to install this library.

pip install py_thesaurus

How to use PyThesaurus?

From python shell

   from py_thesaurus import Thesaurus

   input_word = "dream"

   new_instance = Thesaurus(input_word)

   # Get the synonyms according to part of speech
   # Default part of speech is noun

   print(new_instance.get_synonym()) 
   
   print(new_instance.get_synonym(pos='verb'))

   print(new_instance.get_synonym(pos='adj'))
   
   # Get the definitions 

   print(new_instance.get_definition())

   # Get the antonyms 

   print(new_instance.get_antonym())

From command line

• Positional arguments

word --> Word to get definition/synonym/antonym for.

• Optional arguments

  -h or --help       Show this help message and exit
  -d                 get definition
  -s {noun,verb,adj} get POS specific synonyms
  -a                 get antonyms
  

• Command

   py_thesaurus [-h] [-d] [-s {noun,verb,adj}] [-a] word
  
   py_thesaurus -d -s verb -a dream
  

Contact

1. PyPI link: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/py-thesaurus

2. Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/redpills01/py_thesaurus.git

3. Issue tracker: https://bitbucket.org/redpills01/py_thesaurus/issues

4. Email: redpillsworkspace@gmail.com

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Sleeba Paul

Dreamer | Learner | Storyteller

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