Find related words (rhymes, synonyms, …) API

Find words related to a given word using the Datamuse engine: rhymes, near-rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, conceptually-related words, sounds-like, spelled-like, means-like, words that typically follow/precede it, and describing adjectives/nouns. For writing, naming, poetry, and word-game agents. Answers 'words that rhyme with X', 'synonyms for Y', 'words related to Z', 'what rhymes with orange'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/words/find

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache86400s public

wordsrhymessynonymsantonymsthesaurusdatamusewritinglanguagevocabulary

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/words/find

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "op": "synonyms",
  "word": "happy",
  "max": 3
}

Example response

{
  "op": "synonyms",
  "word": "happy",
  "count": 3,
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "glad",
      "score": 5000,
      "syllables": 1
    },
    {
      "word": "joyful",
      "score": 4000,
      "syllables": 2
    },
    {
      "word": "content",
      "score": 3000,
      "syllables": 2
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "op",
    "word"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "op": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "rhymes",
        "near-rhymes",
        "synonyms",
        "antonyms",
        "related",
        "sounds-like",
        "spelled-like",
        "means-like",
        "follows",
        "precedes",
        "adjectives",
        "nouns"
      ]
    },
    "word": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "ocean"
      ]
    },
    "max": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 20
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}