Zero-dependency command-line CLI thesaurus
Pretty much just give it a word, and you get a bunch of similar or related words back:
$ ./thesauromatic deluge
Niagara
abound
affusion
alluvion
alluvium
<...snip...>
waterflood
watering
waterspout
wet
wetting
whelm
whelming
- Synonyms from the Moby project
- Statically compiled, word lists are linked in. No dependencies. Just download an executable for your target platform.
- Fast; emits the words in well under a millisecond (around 0.5 ms, essentially the cost of starting a process). This makes it easy to drive from your editor, and will work offline.
Install from crates.io with either of the following.
Build from source with cargo:
$ cargo install thesauromatic
Or download a prebuilt binary with cargo-binstall (no compilation, just fetches the release artifact for your platform):
$ cargo binstall thesauromatic
Alternatively, grab the executable directly from the Releases tab.
Releases are driven by cargo-release:
$ cargo release patch --execute
This bumps the version, commits, publishes to crates.io, and creates and
pushes a matching vX.Y.Z tag. Pushing that tag triggers the Release
workflow, which builds the prebuilt binaries and attaches them to a new
GitHub Release. cargo binstall then finds those binaries via the
[package.metadata.binstall] entry in Cargo.toml.
Take advantage of CLI filters! How about formatting the output into columns?
$ ./thesauromatic flippant | column -c70
airy facetious leering smart
bantering facy light-hearted smart-alecky
belittling fleering malapert smart-ass
biggety flip mocking smirking
bluff fooling nervy sneering
booing forgetful oblivious snickering
brash free and easy offhand sniggering
brazen fresh offhanded snorting
careless frivolous panning supercilious
casual gally perfunctory superficial
catcalling gratuitous pert tactless
chaffing grinning quizzical taunting
cheeky heedless ragging teasing
chutzpadik hissing railing thoughtless
cocky hooting rallying twitting
contemptuous impertinent razzing uncalled-for
crusty impudent reckless undiplomatic
cursory inconsiderate regardless unheedful
degage indifferent respectless unheeding
derisive insolent ridiculing unmindful
derisory insouciant roasting unprepared
discourteous irreverent rude unready
dismissive jeering sassy unserious
disregardant jocular saucy unsolicitous
disregardful joshing scoffing untactful
disrespectful kidding scornful unthinking
easygoing lazy shallow wise-ass
Perhaps you're also trying to complete an
alliteration on the letter
r?
$ ./thesauromatic flippant | grep ^r | column -c70
ragging razzing respectless rude
railing reckless ridiculing
rallying regardless roasting