diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
index e22883839..dec307d31 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ mod vector_sort;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::ops::AddAssign;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ use crate::{
     UserError, Weight,
 };
 
+/// Cache for synonyms to avoid repeated database access
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct SynonymCache {
+    pub cache: Option<HashMap<Vec<String>, Vec<Vec<String>>>>,
+}
+
 /// A structure used throughout the execution of a search query.
 pub struct SearchContext<'ctx> {
     pub index: &'ctx Index,
@@ -73,6 +79,7 @@ pub struct SearchContext<'ctx> {
     pub phrase_interner: DedupInterner<Phrase>,
     pub term_interner: Interner<QueryTerm>,
     pub phrase_docids: PhraseDocIdsCache,
+    pub synonym_cache: SynonymCache,
     pub restricted_fids: Option<RestrictedFids>,
     pub prefix_search: PrefixSearch,
     pub vector_store_stats: Option<VectorStoreStats>,
@@ -103,6 +110,7 @@ impl<'ctx> SearchContext<'ctx> {
             phrase_interner: <_>::default(),
             term_interner: <_>::default(),
             phrase_docids: <_>::default(),
+            synonym_cache: <_>::default(),
             restricted_fids: None,
             prefix_search,
             vector_store_stats: None,
@@ -113,6 +121,17 @@ impl<'ctx> SearchContext<'ctx> {
         self.prefix_search != PrefixSearch::Disabled
     }
 
+    /// Get synonyms with caching to avoid repeated database access
+    pub fn get_synonyms(&mut self) -> Result<&HashMap<Vec<String>, Vec<Vec<String>>>> {
+        match self.synonym_cache.cache {
+            Some(ref synonyms) => Ok(synonyms),
+            None => {
+                let synonyms = self.index.synonyms(self.txn)?;
+                Ok(self.synonym_cache.cache.insert(synonyms))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn attributes_to_search_on(
         &mut self,
         attributes_to_search_on: &'ctx [String],
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/query_term/compute_derivations.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/query_term/compute_derivations.rs
index dcb68f2ea..7761bd319 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/query_term/compute_derivations.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/query_term/compute_derivations.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ pub fn partially_initialized_term_from_word(
     if is_prefix && use_prefix_db.is_none() {
         find_zero_typo_prefix_derivations(ctx, word_interned, &mut prefix_of)?;
     }
-    let synonyms = ctx.index.synonyms(ctx.txn)?;
+    let synonyms = ctx.get_synonyms()?;
     let mut synonym_word_count = 0;
     let synonyms = synonyms
         .get(&vec![word.to_owned()])
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/query_term/parse_query.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/query_term/parse_query.rs
index 64bbb94c0..ee9241e75 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/query_term/parse_query.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/query_term/parse_query.rs
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ pub fn make_ngram(
         partially_initialized_term_from_word(ctx, &ngram_str, max_nbr_typos, is_prefix, true)?;
 
     // Now add the synonyms
-    let index_synonyms = ctx.index.synonyms(ctx.txn)?;
+    let index_synonyms = ctx.get_synonyms()?;
 
     term.zero_typo.synonyms.extend(
         index_synonyms.get(&words).cloned().unwrap_or_default().into_iter().map(|words| {