Synonyms

ElasticProbe can make use of synonyms, hyponyms and replacements to make the search functionality more intelligent. These features are all listed under the Dashboard-> ElasticProbe-> Synonyms menu.

Synonyms

You might want the search results for a particular word to also include similar words’ results. This is where you can use the synonyms feature. For example, you might want the search results for the word “sneaker” to return results for sneakers, shoes and trainers.

Hyponyms

Hyponyms are words that have a more specific meaning compared to a general term. For example spoon is a hyponym of cutlery.

Hyponyms in ElasticProbe have a parent child relationship. When there is a search query for a parent term, all its child term results are also returned but searching for a child term only returns its relevant results.

Replacements

There are some cases that you might want to replace a term in the search query with another term. In these cases the replacement feature will help. For example, one might want to replace the search term “Graphical processing unit” with “GPU” in order to help their customers in the online shop. Replacements can also be helpful when you want a search query term to be changed to its parent term (Just the opposite of a hyponym functionality)

Using replacements might require you to disable fuzziness, in order to work properly. These two are similar, yet not exactly the same features.

Adding synonyms through the plugin dashboard