Synonymous search possible in SharePoint?

jonasloesle 

Hi Jonas,

OOTB the only option is to use query rules. This works okay for a few synonyms but when you have 100's this is not a robust solution.

There is also the script from Elio Struyf: https://www.eliostruyf.com/a-better-way-for-search-synonyms-in-sharepoint-online-2013-2016/ that uses a SharePoint list to store the synonyms.

There are also 3rd party apps that can be easily extended. For example Explorer has a search field at the top of the page (https://www.slimapplications.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/searchBar.png). The minor changes required are reading a csv with the synonyms and modifying the search query that is send to search when the user enter a word which has a synonym.
These apps already contain the logic for authentication, showing search results, error handling, etc ...

At the end the key challenge will be to create and maintain the synonyms list.

Paul | SLIM Applications