[HN Gopher] Show HN: Carefulwords.com, a More Inspiring Thesaurus ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: Carefulwords.com, a More Inspiring Thesaurus Author : simonsarris Score : 21 points Date : 2022-10-16 20:14 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (carefulwords.com) (TXT) w3m dump (carefulwords.com) | simonsarris wrote: | I began this in late September purely on the whims of frustration | with thesaurus.com, which does not bother to focus the input box! | So I made my own site that focuses the input box. And because I | wanted a thesaurus where I could type just the term in the | address bar (eg type carefulwords.com/word) to get my results. | | It is very rough around the edges right now. There are far too | many synonyms, which themselves are only organized | alphabetically. I hope to take the site in a more inspiring | direction over time than merely synonyms. Perhaps euphemisms, or | other poetic uses from the past, or author commentary, or | something altogether different. | yawnxyz wrote: | this is really nice!! I'll be using this instead of | Powerthesaurus, for sure. | | Could you turn the suggested words into hyperlinks, please? | simonsarris wrote: | Yes, I will add them. I hesitated with hyperlinks because I | kind of like double clicking to select the text, to copy it, | when you find a word you like. | mcculley wrote: | This is great! | | I have been working on something related, a tool to watch over | my own writing and suggest better words: | https://github.com/mcculley/WordWhittler | | Would you consider making an API or an export of your | thesaurus? | antognini wrote: | This is very cool! I'm reminded a little bit of definr.com, | which was a basic super-fast online dictionary but sadly | disappeared a few years ago. | | Where did you get the thesaurus that you based this off of? | noodlesUK wrote: | This is gorgeous. I was just discussing the need for a better | thesaurus with my partner! | | I love the quotes. | | One suggestion -- could you make the result words clickable? So | as to let me go way down the rabbit hole? | tfsh wrote: | This is really nice! I generally use powerthesarus.org when I'm | in need of synonyms, however the slimmed-down design of this and | quotes are a charming touch. The dataset also seems to be better, | for want of a better word (ironically!), the output seems more | sophisticated. How much if this is hand curated? | simonsarris wrote: | I'm using the Moby Thesaurus, a public-domain thesaurus of | about 30,000 terms, slightly edited by me so far. I am not | crazy about this source, but it was an easier way to start. | | My intent is to hand-curate the most common 2,000 or more | words, over time. But since I am just one person and have many | projects (and two babies), I can only devote about one hour | each night or less to this, once everyone else is in bed, so it | will take me a little while. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-10-16 23:00 UTC)