thunlp/WantWords
An open-source online reverse dictionary. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2158
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1652
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
7097 stars · 611 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
WantWords is an open-source online reverse dictionary developed by Tsinghua University's THUNLP lab, returning words that semantically match a user's description instead of definitions. It supports Chinese, English, and Chinese-English bidirectional lookup, powered by a multi-channel reverse dictionary model.
Use cases
- find a word when I only know its meaning (tip-of-the-tongue)
- look up a Chinese word from an English description
- find English words matching a Chinese description
- help language learners find vocabulary by concept
- self-host a reverse dictionary service
- find idioms or phrases matching a description
When to choose
- you need word retrieval from descriptions in Chinese or English
- you want a self-hostable reverse dictionary with pre-trained models
- you're researching reverse dictionary / semantic word retrieval models
When to avoid
- you need a standard forward dictionary with definitions
- you need languages other than Chinese and English
- you need an actively developed product with a license and recent updates
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
nlp search-engine web-framework education web-development python reverse-dictionary chinese english word-retrieval tip-of-the-tongue django self-hosted natural-language-processing web-server javascript
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/thunlp/WantWords · fetched 2026-08-28 · f91cc49471ca
- homepage: https://wantwords.net/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 71527f187a0a
- site_page: https://wantwords.net/about.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 80bc963d5668
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| thunlp/WantWords | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="thunlp/WantWords")
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