Related word
In lexicology, a related word is a word that is related to another word through a meaningful relationship and is often found in the same context. A related word is distinct from a synonym in that it cannot replace the other word, but is rather merely associated with it.[1].
A related word is associated to another word through a semantic relationship. Unlike synonyms, not all related words of a given word are directly related among them. For example, though child and collectible might each be related to toy, that doesn't mean that child and collectible will often appear in the same context and have a meaningful semantic relationship between them.
Several tools exist that give a list of related words for a given term and some online dictionaries[2][3][4] add them as additional information.
Examples[edit]
Examples of related words and some possible semantic relationship between them:
- winter
- season: winter is a season
- autumn: both are seasons
- cold: in winter it is often cold
- northern hemisphere: wintertime is different depending on the hemisphere
- winter solstice: occurs in the middle of winter
- summer: is the opposite season of winter
- understanding
- see: both are about becoming aware or knowing
- interpret: both are about giving an interpretation
- read: reading helps understanding
- realize: realizing comes at the same time as understanding
- sympathize: to sympathize, you need to understand someone's feelings
- translate: to understand an unknown word from another language, you need to translate it
- cloud
- atmosphere: clouds exist in our atmosphere
- fog: fog is low hanging clouds
- water vapor: clouds are made of water vapor
- aerosol: aerosols create clouds of a substance
- sky: clouds are visible in the sky
- water: clouds are produced from water
- weather: clouds are a weather phenomenon
Techniques[edit]
Many different techniques can be applied to extract related words. These include word embedding[5], semantic networks, knowledge graphs and artificial intelligence. Lexical databases such as WordNet group nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs into sets of cognitive synonyms which result in a network of meaningfully related words and concepts[6].
See also[edit]
Tools[edit]
Tools which produce related words:
Dictionaries that also give related words:
Semantic Networks[edit]
Different semantic networks are used to produce related words[7]
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- ↑ "WordNet | A Lexical Database for English". wordnet.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ↑ "Dictionary.com - The world's favorite online dictionary!". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ↑ "Macmillan Dictionary | Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus Online". www.macmillandictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ↑ "Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ↑ "Related Words - Find Words Related to Another Word". relatedwords.org. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ↑ "WordNet | A Lexical Database for English". wordnet.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ↑ "Related Words - Find Words Related to Another Word". relatedwords.org. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
