def getThesaurus(self, word):
        """response = requests.get("http://words.bighugelabs.com/api/2/%s/%s/json"
                            % (self.tkey, word)).json()
        return response"""
        response = requests.get(
            "http://api.wordnik.com:80/v4/word.json/%s/relatedWords?"
            "useCanonical=false&relationshipTypes=synonym&limitPer"
            "RelationshipType=15&api_key=%s" % (word, key)).json()
        try:
            return response[0]
        except IndexError:
            pass