[HN Gopher] Show HN: Carefulwords.com, a More Inspiring Thesaurus
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       Show HN: Carefulwords.com, a More Inspiring Thesaurus
        
       Author : simonsarris
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2022-10-16 20:14 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | 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.
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       | 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!
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       | 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.
        
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