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The most recent Windows version of WordNet is 2.1, released in March 2005. Version 3.0 for Unix/Linux/Solaris/etc. was released in December, 2006.

WordNet binaries and source are available for Windows and Unix-like systems (Irix, Solaris, and Linux binaries). There is also a Prolog package.

WordNet 2.1 for Windows

WordNet browser, command-line tool, and database files with InstallShield self-extracting installer:

Download via HTTP: WordNet-2.1.exe or FTP: WordNet-2.1.exe

WordNet 3.0 for UNIX-like systems (including: Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris)

Before you download: The WordNet 3.0 README file contains additional information about the release. You can read about the changes from version 2.1.

Source code and binaries:

Download tar-gzipped via HTTP: WordNet-3.0.tar.gz or FTP: WordNet-3.0.tar.gz

Download tar-bzip2'ed via HTTP: WordNet-3.0.tar.bz2 or FTP: WordNet-3.0.tar.bz2

Download just database files via HTTP: WNdb-3.0.tar.gz or FTP: WNdb-3.0.tar.gz

Prolog version of WordNet 3.0

ANSI Prolog version of the WordNet database.

Download via HTTP: WNprolog-3.0.tar.gz or FTP: WNprolog-3.0.tar.gz

Sense mappings

Sense-key mapping from version 2.1 to 3.0

Download via HTTP: WNsnsmap-3.0.tar.gz or FTP: /WNsnsmap-3.0.tar.gz"> WNsnsmap-3.0.tar.gz

Standoff Files

Several "standoff" files provide further semantic information to supplement the WordNet 3.0 release. Click here for general information. The standoff files include:
  • Mophosemantic Links (Semantic relations between morphologically related nouns and verbs)
  • Teleological Links (an encoding of typical activity for which artifact was intended)
  • "Core" WordNet (5000 more frequently used word senses)
  • Logical Forms (logical forms for glosses)

Old versions and other tools

Old versions are no longer maintained!
Please do not request changes based on the content of any version other than the current (Windows: 2.1, UNIX-like: 3.0).

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Other tools are available only for UNIX-like systems.
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