[Python] Find synonyms by using WordNet, NLTK

WordNet is a great reference when you want to find synonyms of a word. For more information, please see the website: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/

The following Python code is a simple example.

	#Python 3
	#Find synonyms of a word
	>>> from nltk.corpus import wordnet as wn
	>>> syn = wn.synsets("car")
	>>> syn
	[Synset('car.n.01'), Synset('car.n.02'), Synset('car.n.03'), Synset('car.n.04'), Synset('cable_car.n.01')]
	>>> syn[0].lemma_names()
	['car', 'auto', 'automobile', 'machine', 'motorcar']
	#Note that synonyms are always in singular form.
	#If you want to compare words, need to deal with the words that are in plural form.

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WordNet Interface: http://www.nltk.org/howto/wordnet.html