Are there any online thesauruses available for Korean, where I can search for synonyms (유의어) of a given word?
After searching online, I found hints that there might be one on Naver 국어사전, but couldn't find a link anywhere.
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+1 I'm interested, too, though I have to say, I've found in English that a thesaurus can help me find words that other people haven't used which spices up what I'm writing/saying, while in Korean, I've found that being certain to use the phrases other people are writing/saying is the norm and expected. That's probably due in part to my not being a native speaker, but in general, Koreans tend to do what other Koreans are doing. So that in itself is a gap in culture from what we do in the West in trying to seek individuality, including our speech patterns.– 제이 죤스톤Commented May 9, 2017 at 12:13
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Yes, I wouldn't use it for finding rare words. My passive vocabulary is much larger than my active vocabulary, so there are many times when I can't think of the right word, only a common word with a somewhat similar meaning. At those times, a thesaurus could help me find the right word (that I already know, but only passively).– gaeguriCommented May 9, 2017 at 13:47
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Naver Korean dictionary partially supports thesaurus feature like this:
But still 'partial', so if you want to search directly for synonyms, visiting (주) 낱말 - a company offering its resources to Naver - directly may help you.
Go to the homepage ( http://www.natmal.com/ ) and click 'word gallery' on the top right, then click '비슷한말 반대말' in the left bar. Top search box would be for synonyms, and for acronyms below.
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2(주) 낱말 also has thesaurus app with two options: free and paid. Link to free version: iOS itunes.apple.com/kr/app/id518959067 Android play.google.com/store/apps/…– puzzletCommented May 14, 2017 at 16:09
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Looks like Natmal doesn't have free service anymore, could someone verify this please?– user17915 ♦Commented Oct 23, 2020 at 14:15
In the National Institute of Korean Language's Korean-English Learners' Dictionary, you can view the semantic relations of a certain vocabulary such as synonyms, antonyms, heavy isotopes of a word, light isotopes of a word, emphatic variants of a word, soft variants of a word, original words, short forms, respectful forms, low forms, reference words, etc. For example, here are related words of the search word 아버지:
The related words are not as extensive as Naver's 관련어휘, but I really like how they have different categories and show different levels for the variants.
answered May 10, 2017 at 22:29
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