<information science> A list of words with related meanings used to broaden the scope of a word search. As well as returning documents which contain a sought-for word a search using a synonym ring might also return documents which contain words in the same synonym ring as a sought-for word. Synonym rings are produced manually and are usually specific to a certain field, e.g. legal knowhow.
(1997-04-09)
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Nearby terms: Synchronous Optical NETwork « syncronous « synflood « synonym ring » syntactic salt » syntactic sugar » syntax
