Use Thesaurus Files to create synonyms or replacements in Search Queries

 

Thesaurus Files are a way for administrators to improve search results by creating synonyms or replacement words used in their queries. For example, you can create a synonym for the word SharePoint so when a user is making a search for the word WSS, you would also get results with the word SharePoint.

The Thesaurus Files are located on the SharePoint server in the folder: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Data\Applications\[GUID]\Config where the [GUID] is the GUID of your Search Service Application.