web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Notifications

Announcements

Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Power Platform Community / Forums / Copilot Studio / Reading one word as a ...
Copilot Studio
Suggested Answer

Reading one word as a synonym as another word?

(2) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by 4
I was wondering if there was anyway for Copilot studio to read a word that has a similar meaning like reading "car" as "truck" or vice versa, so when if someone puts in a query to the agent and refers to a car as a truck, it reads it as the same word and can search through the knowledge base with an unbiased viewpoint and finds relevant documents. Just curious.
Categories:
I have the same question (0)
  • Suggested answer
    Vinoth Selvam Profile Picture
    1,590 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
     
    I think you can try some ways to make it work. 
     
    You can try use synonym expansion in the query or prompt before it reaches the knowledge base. When a user inputs a word like "truck," the system can expand the query to include synonyms like "car" or "vehicle.
     
    "When a user mentions a 'truck,' 'car,' or 'vehicle,' treat them as the same concept."
     
    You can also use Named Entity Recognition and help the system recognize that both "car" and "truck" belong to the entity category of "vehicles." This way, it would treat both terms under the same category during search or response formulation.
     
    One more complex method ( I have not tried ):
    Microsoft Azure Cognitive Search has a built-in semantic search capability that ranks results based on the meaning of words rather than exact matches. This ensures that when someone refers to "truck," documents with "car" could also be returned if they are relevant based on the context.
     
    Thanks.
  • Suggested answer
    SaiRT14 Profile Picture
    1,990 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    You can set up a custom glossary or synonym dictionary where you define that "car" and "truck" should be treated as interchangeable terms. This would allow Copilot to understand queries with either term as the same concept.

    • In Copilot Studio, you can configure a synonym list where certain words are treated as equivalent.
    • For example, you could map "car," "truck," "automobile," and "vehicle" together so the AI interprets them as the same entity.

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Forum hierarchy changes are complete!

In our never-ending quest to improve we are simplifying the forum hierarchy…

Ajay Kumar Gannamaneni – Community Spotlight

We are honored to recognize Ajay Kumar Gannamaneni as our Community Spotlight for December…

Leaderboard > Copilot Studio

#1
Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture

Michael E. Gernaey 270 Super User 2025 Season 2

#2
Romain The Low-Code Bearded Bear Profile Picture

Romain The Low-Code... 181 Super User 2025 Season 2

#3
S-Venkadesh Profile Picture

S-Venkadesh 93 Moderator

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard