A synonym is a word or phrase that you specify as equivalent to some number of other words or phrases. An IBM® Content Search Services search server automatically searches for all synonyms for a search term. You define synonyms to avoid specifying all of the alternative names for a thing or concept in the full-text search expression.
For example, if you define International Business Machines and ibm as synonyms, searching for ibm is equivalent to searching for ibm OR “International Business Machines”.
Synonyms do not apply to search expressions that have Boolean operators such as AND
, OR
, or NOT
. Also, synonyms do not apply to a term with no lowercase letters. To prevent a synonym search for a term, use all capital letters for the term such as in IBM.