Open English Wordnet 2024

This is the 2024 edition of Open English Wordnet

Major changes include:

• More gendered terms and the removal of gendered language
• A new hierarchy for verbs including many new links
• Definitions and examples now use Unicode quotes and similar symbols
• Many, many typos and minor errors fixed
• Simplified and cleaned scripts to support building resource

Download links:

• GWA XML: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2024.xml.gz
• RDF: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2024.ttl.gz
• WNDB: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2024.zip (for legacy applications)

What's Changed

• merge.py: Make result independent of filesystem order by @nbraud in #982
• Fix #988: correct 'duodenum' misspellings by @goodmami in #989
• Consistent definition of adjectival numerals by @jmccrae in #974
• Remove 'only if' as it is not lexical by @jmccrae in #998
• Add new senses of 'email' by @jmccrae in #997
• Add 'good evening' by @jmccrae in #996
• Add synset for 'sunny' by @jmccrae in #995
• Update 'plus' by @jmccrae in #994
• Add link "rose" =hypernym=> "flower" by @jmccrae in #992
• Merge senses of 'climbable' by @jmccrae in #993
• Update definition of Ritz by @jmccrae in #999
• Move example. by @jmccrae in #1001
• Update definition of 'cake' by @jmccrae in #1010
• Update definition of nonprofessional by @jmccrae in #1009
• Add MC to synset for emcee by @jmccrae in #1008
• Add synset for water skiing by @jmccrae in #1007
• Fix quotes by @1313ou in #1016
• Update definitions of a.m./p.m. by @jmccrae in #1014
• Fix meanings of 'wight' by @jmccrae in #1013
• Typos and misspellings in synset examples by @1313ou in #1017
• Use EM dash (—, unicode x2014) instead of double hyphen (--) … by @x-englishwordnet in #1019
• Replace three (or faulty 2) dots with ellipsis character '…' unicode x2026 by @x-englishwordnet in #1020
• WordNet Quoting by @1313ou in #1021
• Etc requires trailing dot by @1313ou in #1022
• Fix spelling by @1313ou in #1024
• Align quoting, fix def/example, punctuation by @1313ou in #1025
• Quoting with single quotes by @1313ou in #1027
• Change quoting-closing apostrophe to ´ by @1313ou in #1026
• Typos and misspellings by @1313ou in #1053
• Implement merge of senses of 'individual' by @jmccrae in #1047
• Add 'green' as synonym of 'ecofriendly' by @jmccrae in #1048
• Add 'honest man' by @jmccrae in #1050
• Merge senses of 'discontinue' by @jmccrae in #1051
• Fix hypernym of 'fracture' by @jmccrae in #1052
• Fixes: typos, spellings, spaces, punctuation by @1313ou in #1061
• Remove 'disagreeable woman' and 'slovenly woman' by @jmccrae in #1049
• Update incorrect hypernyms of male words by @jmccrae in #1070
• Split examples by @1313ou in #1072
• Simplify senses of 'suffer' by @jmccrae in #1069
• Reverse hypernym link 'beat' => 'surpass' by @jmccrae in #1067
• Merge sense of 'suck'/'stink' and add 'rock'/'rule' by @jmccrae in #1066
• Bag of example fixes by @1313ou in #1077
• Make 'businessman' a man by @jmccrae in #1074
• Delete duplicate/poorly defined sense of 'open' by @jmccrae in #1065
• Unnatural semicolon by @1313ou in #1084
• Quote to focus on word form by @1313ou in #1085
• Remove duplicate sense of 'climb up' by @jmccrae in #1064
• Add new sense of 'drive in' by @jmccrae in #1063
• Remove entries for 'be well'/'be full' by @jmccrae in #1062
• Change gendered use of pronouns in definitions by @jmccrae in #1083
• Remove unattested sense of 'ignore' by @jmccrae in #1087
• Lengthen overly short female definitions by @jmccrae in #1089
• Update definition of 'peer' by @jmccrae in #1090
• Remove link from 'boss' to 'man' by @jmccrae in #1091
• Make burgher gender-neutral by @jmccrae in #1092
• non-Christian priests by @jmccrae in #1093
• Change hypernym of recruit by @jmccrae in #1094
• Change hypernym of vice chairman by @jmccrae in #1095
• Remove 'wonder X' senses as compositional by @jmccrae in #1088
• Fix some more grammar errors by @jmccrae in #1106
• Fix hypernym hierarchy of 'Scout' and related terms by @jmccrae in #1105
• Clean up of scripts by @jmccrae in #1096
• Make sure that no instances have hyponyms by @jmccrae in #1097
• Extra tools references by @1313ou in #1111
• Generation of escaped XML IDs, escaping of colon by @1313ou in #1109
• Add female and gender-neutral variations of terms by @jmccrae in #1108
• Updated and improved Verb Hierarchy by @jmccrae in #1086
• Add some commas to improve readability of examples by @1313ou in #1117
• Minor grammatical fixes in examples by @1313ou in #1116
• Unnatural and unrecorded hyphen in a hair's breadth; conform to example by @1313ou in #1115
• Fix grave-acute quotes to lquote-rquote by @1313ou in #1114
• Add new text describing transitive and intransitive verbs by @jmccrae in #1118
• Master is only male in some senses by @jmccrae in #1119
• Add new synsets from UD_GUM by @jmccrae in #1120
• Remove duplicate ILI links by @jmccrae in #1122
• Fix two small validation issues by @jmccrae in #1124
• Lemmas with '%' by @jmccrae in #1125
• 2024 Release Candidate by @jmccrae in #1112
• Add a few missing ILI links by @jmccrae in #1129

New Contributors

• @nbraud made their first contribution in #982
• @1313ou made their first contribution in #1016
• @x-englishwordnet made their first contribution in #1019

Full Changelog: 2023-edition...2024-edition

Open English WordNet 2023

This is the 2023 version of the Open English WordNet.

Major changes include:

• New modelling for feminine variations
• British and American (and other) spelling variations marked
• Fixed representation of 'role' words
• Included morphosemantic relations
• Many further minor improvements

Download links:

• GWA XML: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2023.xml.gz
• RDF: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2023.ttl.gz
• WNDB: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2023.zip (for legacy applications)

What's Changed

• Remove duplicate class definition by @jmccrae in #908
• Fix #902: Update version year by @goodmami in #907
• Update definition of 'penal institution' following #906 by @jmccrae in #909
• Update it so that "+" is allowed in sense keys but does not create issues in XML by @jmccrae in #910
• Add synset for oxidation pool by @jmccrae in #904
• Update definition of incus by @jmccrae in #903
• Reorganize synsets of 'take hold' by @jmccrae in #916
• Update definition of Ojibway by @jmccrae in #915
• Add 'perv' and 'perve' to synset for 'ogle' by @jmccrae in #913
• Add 'perv' and 'perve' to synset of 'pervert' by @jmccrae in #914
• Add new synset for 'euthanize' by @jmccrae in #912
• Remove duplicate synset for design by @jmccrae in #927
• Change Hypernym of 'look' by @jmccrae in #926
• Make sense of observe only intransitive by @jmccrae in #925
• Remove 'woman' as synonym of 'cleaning woman' by @jmccrae in #924
• Replace many semi-colons with commas by @jmccrae in #923
• Add sense for 'wheelhouse' by @jmccrae in #938
• Merge senses of 'take (to)' by @jmccrae in #939
• Add disputed states by @jmccrae in #946
• Merge 'get it' and 'catch it' by @jmccrae in #940
• Merge senses of 'fracture' by @jmccrae in #941
• Remove sense of 'have' by @jmccrae in #942
• Merge senses of 'stay' by @jmccrae in #943
• Merge senses of 'behave' by @jmccrae in #944
• Merge senses of 'use' and 'use up' by @jmccrae in #945
• Remove duplicate sense by @jmccrae in #960
• Merge 'social gathering' and 'social occasion' by @jmccrae in #952
• Merge sense of cultivate and foster by @jmccrae in #967
• Remove duplicate sense of 'be' by @jmccrae in #966
• Remove duplicate sense of 'act' by @jmccrae in #965
• Move all roles to 'actor' and make 'actor' a kind of 'causal agent' by @jmccrae in #964
• Merge senses of selfish, self-serving, egoistic and self-centered by @jmccrae in #962
• Add morphosemantic relationships by @jmccrae in #968
• Implements changes to modelling of British/American spellings by @jmccrae in #969
• Remove domain_region and domain_topic links from sense level by @jmccrae in #970
• Clear methodology for masculine and feminine forms of words by @jmccrae in #973

Full Changelog: 2022-edition...2023-edition

Open English WordNet 2022

This is the 2022 release of Open English WordNet. This incorporates a large number of improvements from our active community, making it the largest and most accurate wordnet for English. You can browse the new version live at https://en-word.net

Major changes:

• New links and terms from Taboo WordNet
• New YAML format adopted
• Remove loops in derivations
• New synsets/improvements including tablet (computer), automation, homework, señorita (with tilde), platform (at a train station), newsgroup

Download links:

• GWA XML: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2022.xml.gz
• RDF: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2022.ttl.gz
• WNDB: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2022.zip (for legacy applications)

Open English WordNet 2021

This is the 2021 release of Open English WordNet. This incorporates a large number of improvements from our active community, making it the largest and most accurate wordnet for English. You can browse the new version live at https://en-word.net

Some of the most significant changes:

• Linking to Wikidata for over 6,000 entries
• Inclusion of pronunciation information for nearly 35,000 entries
• Homographs (such as 'bass') are now distinct
• Incorporation of sentence template information
• Adoption of Global WordNet Association v1.1 format
• Reorganization of syntactic behaviors to reduce file sizes
• Over 150 community contributions

Download links:

• GWA XML: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2021.xml.gz
• RDF: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2021.ttl.gz
• WNDB: https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2021.zip (for legacy applications)

English WordNet 2020 Edition

This is the 2020 release of English WordNet. This incorporates ~15,000 changes made over the previous version and large improvements in the structure and model.

English WordNet 2019

English WordNet 2019 is the first annual release of this resource. More details are at https://en-word.net/

English WordNet 3.1

This is the version of English WordNet created from the Princeton WordNet 3.1 under the WordNet License. It contains no non-technical differences to the Princeton WordNet 3.1 release and a version of WordNet 3.1 can be created from this using the GWN Scala API. In particular, with the following command

./gwn -i wn31.xml -o wn31/ -t WNDB