diff --git a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/meta/URIMetadataNode.java b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/meta/URIMetadataNode.java
index 28e3d14b7..d543bfd4e 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/meta/URIMetadataNode.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/meta/URIMetadataNode.java
@@ -516,6 +516,10 @@ public String[] collections() {
     public WordReferenceVars word() {
         return this.word;
     }
+    
+    public ArrayList<String> getSynonyms() {
+        return getStringList(CollectionSchema.synonyms_sxt);
+    }
 
     public static Iterator<String> getLinks(SolrDocument doc, boolean inbound) {
         Collection<Object> urlstub = doc.getFieldValues((inbound ? CollectionSchema.inboundlinks_urlstub_sxt :  CollectionSchema.outboundlinks_urlstub_sxt).getSolrFieldName());
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/query/SearchEvent.java b/source/net/yacy/search/query/SearchEvent.java
index afb1ee60d..ea3774897 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/query/SearchEvent.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/query/SearchEvent.java
@@ -2056,6 +2056,21 @@ public URIMetadataNode getSnippet(URIMetadataNode page, final CacheStrategy cach
                 if (this.deleteIfSnippetFail) {
                     this.workTables.failURLsRegisterMissingWord(this.query.getSegment().termIndex(), page.url(), this.query.getQueryGoal().getIncludeHashes());
                 }
+                // to make an exception in case matches are only in the synonym field, we load the synonym field to check if the word is there
+                final ArrayList<String> synonyms = page.getSynonyms();
+                if (synonyms != null) {
+                    Iterator<String> words = this.query.getQueryGoal().getIncludeWords();
+                    while (words.hasNext()) {
+                        String word = words.next().toLowerCase();
+                        for (final String synonym : synonyms) {
+                            if (synonym.toLowerCase().equals(word)) {
+                                SearchEvent.log.info("accepted url " + page.url().toNormalform(true) + " without snippet: hit in synonyms field");
+                                TextSnippet synonym_snippet = new TextSnippet(page.url(), "[Synonym Match]", true, ResultClass.SOURCE_METADATA, "");
+                                return page.makeResultEntry(this.query.getSegment(), this.peers, synonym_snippet);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
                 SearchEvent.log.info("sorted out url " + page.url().toNormalform(true) + " during search: " + reason);
                 return null;
             }