Add function to retrieve wordnet synonyms #2978
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Users struggle to find the synonyms of a word (#2976) because the wordnet.py module still does not provide a convenient way to retrieve synonyms, although it claims to:
"Using synsets, helps find conceptual relationships between words such as hypernyms, hyponyms, synonyms, antonyms etc." (sic).
To remedy this deficiency, the present PR adds a function that returns a nested list with the synonyms of the different senses of a word in the given language. Collapsing the different senses into one big list is not recommendable, since the different senses are not mutual synonyms.
[['automobile', 'machine', 'auto', 'motorcar'], ['railcar', 'railway_car', 'railroad_car'], ['gondola'], ['elevator_car'], ['cable_car']]
[['vehículo', 'auto', 'carro', 'automóvil', 'máquina', 'turismo'], ['vagón', 'automotor'], ['vagón', 'vagón_de_pasajeros']]