P: Better Support for Keyword Synonyms

I see. So in the end LR is and will stay a pure consumer product which is not really applicable for agency photographers. Very pity! I would have liked LR to take into account the wishes and requests of professional press photographers over time.

"But often I need to share raw files accross multiple catalogs."

Got it.  Check out this related feature request:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/lightroom-better-handling-of-exporting-and-reimporting-keyword-synonyms/idi-p/12249145

Unfortunately, only 18 votes in 8 years.

I know that LR does include the synonyms in exported files. But often I need to share raw files accross multiple catalogs. In this case I don't have exported files and the synonyms are gone. Furthermore, it seems to me logical that the synonyms are part of the xmp files. So I can't see any reason why they are handled different as keywords - and keywords are part of the xmp files.

"Why aren't synonyms exported to the xmp file?"

LR does include synonyms in exported photos. Can you give give more details about your workflow and why that would benefit from having synonyms in photos' XMP?

"E.g. keyword "Test Case". I need to enter "Test" to get suggestions. But I also want to enter "Case" to get the suggestions."

The Any Tag plugin is designed for fast keyword entry using the keyboard, and it does prefix match on all the words you enter in the search box, e.g. "t c" will match "Test Case", as well as "ca" and "case".

"Why can't I search for synonyms in the keywording sidebar?"

Please add your constructive opinion to this feature request:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/lightroom-find-keyword-by-synonym/idi-p/12249956

and be sure to click the Upvote button at the top-right and Follow at the bottom of the first post. That will make it a little more likely that Adobe will consider implementing the feature and you'll be notified when they do.

That feature request is 10 years old and has 76 votes, making it relatively popular. Given that it hasn't been implemented, you might consider the Any Tag plugin, which lets you search for synonyms while keywording photos.

Adobe asks "One request per thread: When creating an Idea or Feature Request thread, please keep requests for features to ONE request per thread. Doing this will allow others to vote on the single, specific feature and not confuse Upvotes amongst a list of feature requests."

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/how-do-i-write-a-feature-request/idi-p/12386378