Specify synonyms or alternative forms with an uppercase OR or | (vertical bar).
The OR operator, for which you may also use | (vertical bar), applies to the search terms immediately adjacent to it. The first and second examples will find pages that include either “Tahiti” or “Hawaii” or both terms, but not pages that contain neither “Tahiti” nor “Hawaii.” The third and fourth examples will find pages that contain any one, two, or all three of the terms “blouse,” “shirt,” and “chemise.”
- [ Tahiti OR Hawaii ]
- [ Tahiti | Hawaii ]
Note: If you write OR with a lowercase “o” or a lowercase “r” Google interprets the word as a search term instead of an operator.
Note: Unlike OR, a | (vertical bar) need not be surrounded by spaces.
- [ bicycle|cycle ]
Use quotes (“ ”) to group compound words and phrases together.
- [ filter OR stop “junk email“ OR spam ]
- [ “New Zealand“ OR “Ivory Coast“ holiday OR vacation package ]
tags (keywords): broadening search, fine tune, queries, quotes, special characters, synonyms