diff --git a/autotests/syntaxrepository_test.cpp b/autotests/syntaxrepository_test.cpp
--- a/autotests/syntaxrepository_test.cpp
+++ b/autotests/syntaxrepository_test.cpp
@@ -144,8 +144,15 @@
 
         def = m_repo.definitionForName(QLatin1String("Python"));
         QVERIFY(def.isValid());
+
+        // indentation
         QVERIFY(def.indentationBasedFoldingEnabled());
         QCOMPARE(def.foldingIgnoreList(), QStringList() << QLatin1String("(?:\\s+|\\s*#.*)"));
+
+        // keyword lists
+        QVERIFY(!def.keywordLists().isEmpty());
+        QVERIFY(def.keywordList(QLatin1String("operators")).contains(QLatin1String("and")));
+        QVERIFY(!def.keywordList(QLatin1String("does not exits")).contains(QLatin1String("and")));
     }
 
     void testFormatData()
diff --git a/src/lib/definition.h b/src/lib/definition.h
--- a/src/lib/definition.h
+++ b/src/lib/definition.h
@@ -172,6 +172,20 @@
      */
     QStringList foldingIgnoreList() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the section names of keywords.
+     * @since 5.49
+     * @see keywordList()
+     */
+    QStringList keywordLists() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the list of keywords for the keyword list @p name.
+     * @since 5.49
+     * @see keywordLists()
+     */
+    QStringList keywordList(const QString& name) const;
+
     /**
      * Returns a list of all Format items used by this definition.
      * @since 5.49
diff --git a/src/lib/definition.cpp b/src/lib/definition.cpp
--- a/src/lib/definition.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/definition.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@
     return d->foldingIgnoreList;
 }
 
+QStringList Definition::keywordLists() const
+{
+    d->load();
+    return d->keywordLists.keys();
+}
+
+QStringList Definition::keywordList(const QString& name) const
+{
+    d->load();
+    return d->keywordList(name).keywords();
+}
+
 QVector<Format> Definition::formats() const
 {
     d->load();
diff --git a/src/lib/keywordlist.cpp b/src/lib/keywordlist.cpp
--- a/src/lib/keywordlist.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/keywordlist.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
     return m_name;
 }
 
+QStringList KeywordList::keywords() const
+{
+    return m_keywords.values();
+}
+
 bool KeywordList::contains(const QStringRef &str) const
 {
     return contains(str, m_caseSensitive);
diff --git a/src/lib/keywordlist_p.h b/src/lib/keywordlist_p.h
--- a/src/lib/keywordlist_p.h
+++ b/src/lib/keywordlist_p.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
     QString name() const;
 
+    QStringList keywords() const;
+
     /** Checks if @p str is a keyword in this list. */
     bool contains(const QStringRef &str) const;
     /** Checks if @p str is a keyword in this list, overriding the global case-sensitivity setting. */