synonyms.py

from requests import get
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from itertools import chain

API_KEY = 'topkek'

with open('1000.dicin') as f:
  words = f.read().split('\n')

# Alternatively, if you don't feel like saving 1000.dicin somewhere
# words = get('http://splasho.com/upgoer5/phpspellcheck/dictionaries/1000.dicin').text.split('\n')

def get_synonyms(word):
  return list(chain(*[x.text.split(', ') for x in BeautifulSoup(get('http://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v1/references/thesaurus/xml/{word}?key={key}'.format(word=word, key=API_KEY)).content, 'lxml').find_all('syn')]))

def get_simple_synonyms(word):
  return [x for x in get_synonyms(word) if x in words]