I am not a native English speaker so I often use thesaurus when writing a blog post or just an email message. Long time ago I always used web based solutions but since I found Artha – The Open Thesaurus I wouldn’t change it for anything else as it has handy and slick user interface, on the fly search, suggestions and hotkey lookup.

artha_hotkey_lookup

It uses free open lexical database for English (WordNet) so it doesn’t need an internet connection and is completely Open Source.

To install Artha on a Debian system execute the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install artha

Check out hotkey lookup as it is my favorite feature.

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