STANDS4 Web Services:

Synonyms API

The Synonyms API from STANDS4 enables you to programmatically access Synonyms, Thesaurus and Antonyms information for any given word.

Request URL:

https://www.stands4.com/services/v2/syno.php

Request parameters:

Parameter	Value	Required	Default	Description
uid	string	Y		Your API user id
tokenid	string	Y		Your valid developer token id
word	string	Y		The word you would like to get synonyms and antonyms for
format	string	N	xml	The format in which you want the result returned (xml or json)

Sample request URL:

https://www.stands4.com/services/v2/syno.php?uid=1001&tokenid=tk324324&word=consistent&format=xml

Response elements:

Element	Description
results	Contains all of the query responses
result	Contains each individual response
term	The term this result is referring to
definition	A definition for the specific sense
partofspeech	adj, verb etc
synonyms	Comma delimited list of synonyms for the word
antonyms	Comma delimited list of antonyms for the word


					<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<results>
    <result>
        <term>consistent</term>
        <definition>(sometimes followed by 'with') in agreement or consistent or reliable</definition>
        <partofspeech>adj</partofspeech>
        <synonyms>ordered, coherent, logical, reproducible, uniform</synonyms>
        <antonyms>scratchy, unreconciled, uneven, contradictory, inconsistent, conflicting, incompatible, spotty, heterogeneous, discrepant, heterogenous, self-contradictory, unconformable</antonyms>
    </result>
</results>


					{
	"results": {
		"result": {
			"term": "consistent",
			"definition": "(sometimes followed by 'with') in agreement or consistent or reliable",
			"partofspeech": "adj",
			"synonyms": "ordered, coherent, logical, reproducible, uniform",
			"antonyms": "scratchy, unreconciled, uneven, contradictory, inconsistent, conflicting, incompatible, spotty, heterogeneous, discrepant, heterogenous, self-contradictory, unconformable"
		}
	}
}