WordNet

WordNet

A snapshot of WordNet's definition of itself
Original author(s)	Princeton University
Initial release	mid 1980s
Stable release	2024 Edition / 1 November 2024; 3 months ago (2024-11-01)[1]
Repository	https://github.com/globalwordnet/english-wordnet
Written in	Prolog
Operating system	Unix, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Size	37MB (including 161,705 words organized in 120,630 synsets for a total of 418,168 word-sense pairs)
Available in	More than 200 languages
Type	Lexical database
Licence	BSD-like
Website	wordnet.princeton.edu en-word.net

WordNet is a lexical database of semantic relations between words that links words into semantic relations including synonyms, hyponyms, and meronyms. The synonyms are grouped into synsets with short definitions and usage examples. It can thus be seen as a combination and extension of a dictionary and thesaurus. Its primary use is in automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications. It was first created in the English language^[2] and the English WordNet database and software tools have been released under a BSD style license and are freely available for download. The latest official release from Princeton was released in 2011^{[citation needed]}. Princeton currently has no plans to release any new versions due to staffing and funding issues.^[3] New versions are still being released annually through the Open English WordNet website. Until about 2024^{[citation needed]} an online version was previously available through wordnet.princeton.edu. That version of WordNet has been deprecated, but a new online version is available at en-word.net. There are now WordNets in more than 200 languages.^[4]