---
title: "Retrieve synonyms and antonyms for a given word"
method: GET
path: "/entries/{source_lang}/{word_id}/synonyms;antonyms"
tags: ["Thesaurus"]
---

# Retrieve synonyms and antonyms for a given word

`GET /entries/{source_lang}/{word_id}/synonyms;antonyms`

Retrieve available [synonyms](documentation/glossary?term=thesaurus) and [antonyms](documentation/glossary?term=thesaurus) for a given word and language. 

  <div id="synonyms_and_antonyms"></div>

## Path parameters

- `source_lang` 'en', required
- `word_id` string, required

## Headers

- `app_id` string, required
- `app_key` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response.

- Thesaurus — Schema for thesaurus endpoint
  - `metadata` object — Additional Information provided by OUP
  - `results` HeadwordThesaurus[] — A list of found synonyms or antonyms
    - `id` string, required — The identifier of a word
    - `language` string, required — IANA language code
    - `lexicalEntries` ThesaurusLexicalEntry[], required — A grouping of various senses in a specific language, and a lexical category that relates to a word
      - `entries` ThesaurusEntry[]
        - `homographNumber` string — Identifies the homograph grouping. The last two digits identify different entries of the same homograph. The first one/two digits identify the homograph number.
        - `senses` ThesaurusSense[] — Complete list of senses
          - `antonyms` object[]
            - `domains` string[]
            - `id` string, required
            - `language` string
            - `regions` string[]
            - `registers` string[]
            - `text` string, required
          - `domains` string[]
          - `examples` object[] — A list of written or spoken rendering of examples of use of a word or text
            - `definitions` string[]
            - `domains` string[]
            - `notes` object[] — various types of notes that appear
              - …
            - `regions` string[]
            - `registers` string[]
            - `senseIds` string[]
            - `text` string, required
            - `translations` object[] — A list of written or spoken rendering of the meaning of a word or text in another language(s)
              - …
          - `id` string — The id of the sense that is required for the delete procedure
          - `regions` string[]
          - `registers` string[]
          - `subsenses` ThesaurusSense[] — subsenses of word
          - `synonyms` object[]
            - `domains` string[]
            - `id` string, required
            - `language` string
            - `regions` string[]
            - `registers` string[]
            - `text` string, required
        - `variantForms` object[] — Various words that are used interchangeably depending on the context, e.g 'aluminium' and 'aluminum'
          - `regions` string[]
          - `text` string, required
      - `language` string, required — IANA language code
      - `lexicalCategory` string, required — A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as noun or verb
      - `text` string, required — A given written or spoken realisation of a an entry.
      - `variantForms` object[] — Various words that are used interchangeably depending on the context, e.g 'aluminium' and 'aluminum'
        - `regions` string[]
        - `text` string, required
    - `type` string — The json object type. Could be 'headword', 'inflection' or 'phrase'
    - `word` string, required — A given written or spoken realisation of a an entry, lowercased.

## Other responses

- `404` — No entry is found matching supplied id and source_lang or filters are not recognized
- `500` — Internal Error. An error occurred while processing the data.

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