Carefulwords.com
Languages and libraries
thesaurus
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#181of 2,570 in 2022
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MixedNo clear lean
15 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Execution: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 5 for, 1 againstDesign: 4 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Clean design and poetry/literary quotes add inspiration
From 4 comments
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…
noodlesUK on HNThis is beautiful and even revolutionary. The references from poetry and other great works that provide context for why those words mean what they do to us are a stroke of genius.
motohagiography on HNI love it, especially the poetry quotations! I have wanted something like this for a long time. Thank you.
rex_lupi on HNThis is excellent. It would be even more fun if clicking on one of the synonyms opened a page for that synonym. I really like the quotes and the esteem for the classical, and myth.
2devnull on HN
Better than alternatives like Power Thesaurus for some
From 2 comments
this is really nice!! I'll be using this instead of Powerthesaurus, for sure. Could you turn the suggested words into hyperlinks, please?
yawnxyz on HNThis 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…
tfsh on HN
Objections
Many results are not true synonyms; related words mixed in
From 4 comments
I must be missing something here. https://carefulwords.com/fast gives back 349 results, starting with "Barmecidal feast, Encratism, Friday, Lenten diet, Lenten entertainment,…
ivanche on HNPower Thesaurus gives much better results imho. Careful Words includes a lot of results that are not synonyms at all, and just relate to the query in some way. So depends on what…
yreg on HNSome odd associations here... whimsy gives back, among other things: maggot I have never seen a whimsical maggot, nor do I think I want to
IAmPym on HNThese aren't really synonyms right? What are they? How are you getting the data? (I'm basing this on solitutde - alienation example).
nathias on HN
Results sorted alphabetically rather than ranked
From 1 comment
Power Thesaurus gives much better results imho. Careful Words includes a lot of results that are not synonyms at all, and just relate to the query in some way. So depends on what…
yreg on HN
Unknown words give a 404 page rather than a helpful message
From 3 comments
just noting that you can put the term in the URL on there: https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/hacker I like your site but the word list would be much easier for me to skim through…
crtasm on HNThis is silly but typing "poop" in the search bar and hitting enter gives a "Page not found" -- maybe the search auto complete drop-down can let you know that a word isn't in the…
vector_spaces on HNI get a Netlify 404 error when searching for words that aren't in the list. For example "innovate" [0] is a miss but "innovation" [1] is valid. You could make the look up more…
pbronez on HN
Requests
Make result words clickable links
From 3 comments
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…
noodlesUK on HNthis is really nice!! I'll be using this instead of Powerthesaurus, for sure. Could you turn the suggested words into hyperlinks, please?
yawnxyz on HNThis is excellent. It would be even more fun if clicking on one of the synonyms opened a page for that synonym. I really like the quotes and the esteem for the classical, and myth.
2devnull on HN
Preserve double-click copy alongside links
From 3 comments
Maybe you could put an icon next to the word that copies it to the clipboard when clicked. Some websites use an image of a piece of paper with a top corner folded over to…
deopot on HNI would second vtimofeenko’s suggestion to use an icon with a link to preserve double-click-to-copy.
divbzero on HNFor a site like this, which has a very clear single function and which people are likely to visit again and again, it might be justifiable to have a small control somewhere on…
gnfargbl on HN
Provide an API or export of the thesaurus
From 1 comment
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…
mcculley on HN
Stemming redirects for word variants
From 1 comment
I get a Netlify 404 error when searching for words that aren't in the list. For example "innovate" [0] is a miss but "innovation" [1] is valid. You could make the look up more…
pbronez on HN
Questions
Where does the thesaurus data come from?
From 3 comments
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…
antognini on HNThis 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…
tfsh on HNThese aren't really synonyms right? What are they? How are you getting the data? (I'm basing this on solitutde - alienation example).
nathias on HN
How much is hand curated?
From 1 comment
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…
tfsh on HN
Alternatives named
Power Thesaurus
From 2 comments
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…
tfsh on HNPower Thesaurus gives much better results imho. Careful Words includes a lot of results that are not synonyms at all, and just relate to the query in some way. So depends on what…
yreg on HN
thesaurus.com
From 1 comment
just noting that you can put the term in the URL on there: https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/hacker I like your site but the word list would be much easier for me to skim through…
crtasm on HN
freethesaurus.com
From 1 comment
How many other thesaurus websites have you examined? It sounds like you assumed thesaurus.com was the only one in existence. (Personally I use freethesaurus.com, and if I need…
Timwi on HN
onelook.com
From 1 comment
Love this! The addition of phrases (I searched "invent" and got "break ground" "bring forth" and "hit upon") is what my other favorite word explorer (onelook.com) is missing.…
jasonshen on HN