diff --git token_taxonomy.inc token_taxonomy.inc
index c593863..1cec84a 100644
--- token_taxonomy.inc
+++ token_taxonomy.inc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function taxonomy_token_list($type = 'all') {
     $tokens['taxonomy']['cat'] = t('The name of the taxonomy term.');
     $tokens['taxonomy']['cat-raw'] = t('The name of the taxonomy term.');
     $tokens['taxonomy']['cat-description'] = t('The optional description of the taxonomy term.');
+    $tokens['taxonomy']['cat-synonym'] = t('The first synonym of the taxonomy term.');
     $tokens['taxonomy']['vid'] = t("The unique ID of the taxonomy vocabulary the taxonomy term belongs to.");
     $tokens['taxonomy']['vocab'] = t("The name of the taxonomy vocabulary the taxonomy term belongs to.");
     $tokens['taxonomy']['vocab-raw'] = t("The name of the taxonomy vocabulary the taxonomy term belongs to.");
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ function taxonomy_token_values($type, $object = NULL, $options = array()) {
     $values['cat'] = check_plain($term->name);
     $values['cat-raw'] = $term->name;
     $values['cat-description'] = filter_xss($term->description);
+    $synonyms = taxonomy_get_synonyms($term->tid);
+    if (isset($synonyms[0])) {
+      $values['cat-synonym'] = $synonyms[0];
+    }
     $values['vid'] = $term->vid;
     $values['vocab'] = check_plain($vocabulary->name);
     $values['vocab-raw'] = $vocabulary->name;