code: def findSynonyms(self, word, num):
          
          if not isinstance(word, basestring):
              word = _convert_to_vector(word)
          words, similarity = self.call("findSynonyms", word, num)
          return zip(words, similarity)
docs: Find synonyms of a word
  
          :param word: a word or a vector representation of word
          :param num: number of synonyms to find
          :return: array of (word, cosineSimilarity)
  
          .. note:: Local use only