Easy Thesaurus Extension

Installing

1. Download the latest release of the extension from the releases page.
2. Unzip your download in a safe location and supply your Merriam-Webster API Key as api_key in example.env.json.¹
3. Rename example.env.json to env.json and navigate to to chrome://extensions/.
4. Enable Developer Mode at the top right and then click Load Unpacked on the left. Select the unzipped folder.
5. And that's it!

Features

Right Click Context Menu

Select any text and open the right click context menu. Click Find synonyms for 'word' to search for synonyms and antonyms.

Shift Click to Copy

In the extension popup, hold Shift when clicking on a synonym or antonym to copy it to the clipboard.

Option Click for Definition

In the extension popup, hold Option (or Alt) when clicking on a synonym or antonym to open the Merriam-Webster definition in a new tab.

Screenshots

Footnotes

1. If you don't want to sign up for an API Key, set use_merriam_webster to false in env.json. dictionaryapi.dev will be used instead. ↩