diff --git a/lib/licenses/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
index 1efa7b51af22..dfd69622939a 100644
--- a/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses/licenses.nix
@@ -1616,6 +1616,11 @@ lib.mapAttrs mkLicense (
       url = "https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Wadalab?rd=Licensing/Wadalab";
     };
 
+    wordnet = {
+      spdxId = "WordNet";
+      fullName = "WordNet License";
+    };
+
     wtfpl = {
       spdxId = "WTFPL";
       fullName = "Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wo/wordnet/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wo/wordnet/package.nix
index a82b10cec122..bd7f906b8f2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wo/wordnet/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wo/wordnet/package.nix
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     '';
 
     homepage = "https://wordnet.princeton.edu/";
-    license = {
-      fullName = "WordNet 3.0 license";
-      url = "https://wordnet.princeton.edu/license-and-commercial-use";
-    };
+    license = lib.licenses.wordnet;
     maintainers = [ ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     mainProgram = "wn";