public List getSynonyms(String phrase) {
List synonymsList = new ArrayList();
if (dict == null) {
System.out.println("Dictionary is null");
System.exit(0);
}
IIndexWord idxWord = dict.getIndexWord(phrase, POS.NOUN);
if (idxWord != null) {
IWordID wordID = (IWordID) idxWord.getWordIDs().get(0);
IWord word = dict.getWord(wordID);
ISynset synset = word.getSynset();
List words = new ArrayList();
IWord w;
for (Iterator iterator = synset.getWords().iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); words.add(w))
w = (IWord) iterator.next();
synonymsList = keepUniqueTerms(words);
}
return synonymsList;
}
