synset
A set of one or more synonyms that are interchangeable in some context without changing the truth value of the proposition in which they are embedded.
Noun
- A set of one or more synonyms that are interchangeable in some context without changing the truth value of the proposition in which they are embedded.
- The basic object in WordNet is a set of strict synonyms, called a synset. By definition, each synset a word appears in is a different sense of that word. - 1993, D. K. Harman, First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1):...
- In some cases a synset that appears to be a logical choice for a query is nonetheless detrimental. - 1994, Donna K. Harman, The Second Text Retrieval Conference (TREC-2)
- A synset is essentially what Sparck Jones (1964, 1986) calls a "run," which is the basic element in her theory of semantic classification. - 1998, Christiane Fellbaum, WordNet: An Electronic Lexical Database
Synonyms: synonym ring
Origin
Clipping of synonym set, coined in the context of the WordNet project.