diff --git a/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/src/main/java/com/azure/search/documents/implementation/util/Utility.java b/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/src/main/java/com/azure/search/documents/implementation/util/Utility.java
index 78cd47269fb2..bb80b2eabeda 100644
--- a/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/src/main/java/com/azure/search/documents/implementation/util/Utility.java
+++ b/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/src/main/java/com/azure/search/documents/implementation/util/Utility.java
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -169,6 +173,14 @@ public static synchronized String formatCoordinate(double coordinate) {
         return COORDINATE_FORMATTER.format(coordinate);
     }
 
+    public static String readSynonymsFromFile(Path filePath) {
+        try {
+            return new String(Files.readAllBytes(filePath), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            throw new ClientLogger(Utility.class).logExceptionAsError(new UncheckedIOException(ex));
+        }
+    }
+
     private Utility() {
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/src/main/java/com/azure/search/documents/indexes/models/SynonymMap.java b/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/src/main/java/com/azure/search/documents/indexes/models/SynonymMap.java
index 925b9d462cd5..c0ed2c3afeec 100644
--- a/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/src/main/java/com/azure/search/documents/indexes/models/SynonymMap.java
+++ b/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/src/main/java/com/azure/search/documents/indexes/models/SynonymMap.java
@@ -159,4 +159,17 @@ public SynonymMap setETag(String eTag) {
         this.eTag = eTag;
         return this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance of SynonymMap with synonyms read from the passed file.
+     *
+     * @param name The name of the synonym map.
+     * @param filePath The path to the file where the formatted synonyms are read.
+     * @return A SynonymMap.
+     * @throws java.io.UncheckedIOException If reading {@code filePath} fails.
+     */
+    public static SynonymMap createFromFile(String name, java.nio.file.Path filePath) {
+        String synonyms = com.azure.search.documents.implementation.util.Utility.readSynonymsFromFile(filePath);
+        return new SynonymMap(name, synonyms);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/swagger/src/main/java/SearchServiceCustomizations.java b/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/swagger/src/main/java/SearchServiceCustomizations.java
index 62131c6c4849..2d7275786699 100644
--- a/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/swagger/src/main/java/SearchServiceCustomizations.java
+++ b/sdk/search/azure-search-documents/swagger/src/main/java/SearchServiceCustomizations.java
@@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ private void customizeSynonymMap(ClassCustomization classCustomization) {
             .setDescription("Constructor of {@link SynonymMap}.")
             .setParam("name", "The name of the synonym map.")
             .setParam("synonyms", "A series of synonym rules in the specified synonym map format. The rules must be separated by newlines.");
+
+        classCustomization.addMethod(joinWithNewline(
+            "/**",
+            " * Creates a new instance of SynonymMap with synonyms read from the passed file.",
+            " *",
+            " * @param name The name of the synonym map.",
+            " * @param filePath The path to the file where the formatted synonyms are read.",
+            " * @return A SynonymMap.",
+            " * @throws java.io.UncheckedIOException If reading {@code filePath} fails.",
+            " */",
+            "public static SynonymMap createFromFile(String name, java.nio.file.Path filePath) {",
+            "    String synonyms = com.azure.search.documents.implementation.util.Utility.readSynonymsFromFile(filePath);",
+            "    return new SynonymMap(name, synonyms);",
+            "}"));
     }
 
     private void customizeSearchResourceEncryptionKey(ClassCustomization keyCustomization,