thesr 0.0.4

thesaurus (and also dictionary)

Thesaurus-Rex

Thesaurus tool that fetches a word's homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms from Thesaurus.com. It's also a dictionary tool that fetches definitions from Webster. It fetches etymology information from etymonline.

Installation

• from PyPI: pip install thesr
• from GitHub: pip install "git+https://github.com/treatmesubj/Thesaurus_Rex"

Usage

python -m thesr.thesr [-h] [--word WORD] [--define] [--etymology] [--antonyms] [--verbose]

Common English phrases & idioms such as toungue-and-cheek or dime-a-dozen sometimes work as well

john@spectre:~
$ python -m thesr.thesr -w purport -v

         _____ _
        |_   _| |
          | | | |__   ___  ___  __ _ _   _ _ __ _   _ ___
          | | | '_ \ / _ \/ __|/ _` | | | | '__| | | / __|
          | | | | | |  __/\__ \ (_| | |_| | |  | |_| \__ \
          |_| |_| |_|\___||___/\__,_|\__,_|_|   \__,_|___/ Rex

[purport!]

---Synonyms-------------------------------------------------------------------
{ noun: meaning, implication } == ['acceptation', 'aim', 'bearing', 'burden', 'connotation', 'core', 'design',
'drift', 'gist', 'heart']
{ verb: assert, mean } == ['imply', 'pose as', 'pretend', 'profess', 'allege', 'betoken', 'claim', 'convey',
'declare', 'denote']
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---Definitions-------------------------------------------------------------------
{ verb: to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) }
{ verb: claim  }
{ verb: intend, purpose }
{ noun: meaning conveyed, professed, or implied : import }
{ noun: substance, gist }
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---Etymology-------------------------------------------------------------------
purport (n.)
early 15c., "meaning, tenor, the surface or expressed meaning of a document, etc.; that which is conveyed or
expressed," from Anglo-French purport (late 13c.), Old French porport "contents, tenor," back-formation from
purporter "to contain, convey, carry; intend," from pur- (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pur-) + Old French porter "tocarry," from Latin portare "to carry" (from PIE root *per- (2)  "to lead, pass over"). Meaning "that which is to be done or effected" is from 1650s.
purport (v.)
1520s, "indicate, express, set forth, convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended," from the noun in Englishand from Anglo-French purporter (c. 1300), from Old French purporter "to contain, convey, carry; intend," from pur- (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pur-) + Old French porter "to carry," from Latin portare "to carry" (from PIE root
*per- (2)  "to lead, pass over"). Related: Purported; purporting.
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---Antonyms-------------------------------------------------------------------
{ noun: meaning, implication } =/= ['exterior', 'exteriority', 'insignificance', 'meaninglessness', 'outside',
'surface']
{ verb: assert, mean } =/= ['conceal', 'deny', 'disclaim', 'hide']
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