Looking for Thesaurus Data

Question

Looking for an open-source Thesaurus dataset which contains as many English root words and synonyms as possible. Any solutions and associated links to data would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Check WordNet: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/

Answer 2

https://wordnet.princeton.edu/download

Also, OpenOffice.org has a thesaurus and is open source. You should be able to use their thesaurus database at least in another open source project.

Answer 3

Take a look at this forum post at digitalpoint.

Take a look at previous question here Need a thesaurus database

Note: A simple Google search reveals a lot of links.

Answer 4

Thanks to Grady Ward for releasing http://icon.shef.ac.uk/Moby/ in the public domain ;)