diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelExpressionParser.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelExpressionParser.java
index 0747c0566cf..c6ddb9ffa6d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelExpressionParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelExpressionParser.java
@@ -267,10 +267,10 @@ public class SpelExpressionParser extends TemplateAwareExpressionParser {
 
 	// unaryExpression: (PLUS^ | MINUS^ | BANG^) unaryExpression | primaryExpression ;
 	private SpelNodeImpl eatUnaryExpression() {
-		if (peekToken(TokenKind.PLUS,TokenKind.MINUS,TokenKind.BANG)) {
+		if (peekToken(TokenKind.PLUS,TokenKind.MINUS,TokenKind.NOT)) {
 			Token t = nextToken();
 			SpelNodeImpl expr = eatUnaryExpression();
-			if (t.kind==TokenKind.BANG) {
+			if (t.kind==TokenKind.NOT) {
 				return new OperatorNot(toPos(t),expr);
 			} else if (t.kind==TokenKind.PLUS) {
 				return new OpPlus(toPos(t),expr);
diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/TokenKind.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/TokenKind.java
index fd73c571e74..b386fbdd351 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/TokenKind.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/TokenKind.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ enum TokenKind {
 	LITERAL_INT, LITERAL_LONG, LITERAL_HEXINT, LITERAL_HEXLONG, LITERAL_STRING, LITERAL_REAL, LITERAL_REAL_FLOAT, 
 	LPAREN("("), RPAREN(")"), COMMA(","), IDENTIFIER,
 	COLON(":"),HASH("#"),RSQUARE("]"), LSQUARE("["), 
-	DOT("."), PLUS("+"), STAR("*"), DIV("/"), BANG("!"), MINUS("-"), SELECT_FIRST("^["), SELECT_LAST("$["), QMARK("?"), PROJECT("!["),
+	DOT("."), PLUS("+"), STAR("*"), DIV("/"), NOT("!"), MINUS("-"), SELECT_FIRST("^["), SELECT_LAST("$["), QMARK("?"), PROJECT("!["),
 	GE(">="),GT(">"),LE("<="),LT("<"),EQ("=="),NE("!="),ASSIGN("="), INSTANCEOF("instanceof"), MATCHES("matches"), BETWEEN("between"),
 	SELECT("?["),  MOD("%"), POWER("^"), DOLLAR("$"),
 	ELVIS("?:"), SAFE_NAVI("?.");
@@ -49,4 +49,8 @@ enum TokenKind {
 	public boolean hasPayload() {
 		return hasPayload;
 	}
+	
+	public int getLength() {
+		return tokenChars.length;
+	}
 }
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diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/Tokenizer.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/Tokenizer.java
index 6774e0f2dc3..229c3998720 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/Tokenizer.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/Tokenizer.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  package org.springframework.expression.spel.standard;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessage;
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public class Tokenizer {
 					} else if (isTwoCharToken(TokenKind.PROJECT)) {
 						pushPairToken(TokenKind.PROJECT);
 					} else {
-						pushCharToken(TokenKind.BANG);
+						pushCharToken(TokenKind.NOT);
 					}
 					break;
 				case '=':
@@ -329,13 +330,26 @@ public class Tokenizer {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	// if this is changed, it must remain sorted
+	private static final String[] alternativeOperatorNames = { "DIV","EQ","GE","GT","LE","LT","MOD","NE","NOT"};
 	
 	private void lexIdentifier() {
 		int start = pos;
 		do {
 			pos++;
 		} while (isIdentifier(toProcess[pos]));
-		tokens.add(new Token(TokenKind.IDENTIFIER,subarray(start,pos),start,pos));
+		char[] subarray = subarray(start,pos);
+		
+		// Check if this is the alternative (textual) representation of an operator (see alternativeOperatorNames)
+		if ((pos-start)==2 || (pos-start)==3) {
+			String asString = new String(subarray).toUpperCase();
+			int idx = Arrays.binarySearch(alternativeOperatorNames,asString);
+			if (idx>=0) {
+				pushOneCharOrTwoCharToken(TokenKind.valueOf(asString),start);
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		tokens.add(new Token(TokenKind.IDENTIFIER,subarray,start,pos));
 	}
 	
 	private void pushIntToken(char[] data,boolean isLong, int start, int end) {
@@ -399,6 +413,10 @@ public class Tokenizer {
 		tokens.add(new Token(kind,pos,pos+2));
 		pos+=2;
 	}
+	
+	private void pushOneCharOrTwoCharToken(TokenKind kind, int pos) {
+		tokens.add(new Token(kind,pos,pos+kind.getLength()));
+	}
 
 	//	ID:	('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_') ('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_'|'0'..'9'|DOT_ESCAPED)*;
 	private boolean isIdentifier(char ch) {
diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/BooleanExpressionTests.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/BooleanExpressionTests.java
index 0661ac550c0..30b3210b8f8 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/BooleanExpressionTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/BooleanExpressionTests.java
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ public class BooleanExpressionTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 	public void testNot() {
 		evaluate("!false", Boolean.TRUE, Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("!true", Boolean.FALSE, Boolean.class);
+
+		evaluate("not false", Boolean.TRUE, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("NoT true", Boolean.FALSE, Boolean.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/OperatorTests.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/OperatorTests.java
index c6bbb612778..17b72a75448 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/OperatorTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/OperatorTests.java
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ public class OperatorTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		evaluate("5.0d < 3.0d", false, Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("'abc' < 'def'",true,Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("'def' < 'abc'",false,Boolean.class);
+
+		evaluate("3 lt 5", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5 lt 3", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("3L lt 5L", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5L lt 3L", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("3.0d lT 5.0d", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5.0d Lt 3.0d", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("'abc' LT 'def'",true,Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("'def' lt 'abc'",false,Boolean.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -64,6 +73,19 @@ public class OperatorTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		evaluate("'abc' <= 'def'",true,Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("'def' <= 'abc'",false,Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("'abc' <= 'abc'",true,Boolean.class);
+
+		evaluate("3 le 5", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5 le 3", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("6 Le 6", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("3L lE 5L", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5L LE 3L", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5L le 5L", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("3.0d LE 5.0d", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5.0d lE 3.0d", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5.0d Le 5.0d", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("'abc' Le 'def'",true,Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("'def' LE 'abc'",false,Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("'abc' le 'abc'",true,Boolean.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -74,6 +96,13 @@ public class OperatorTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		evaluate("3.0f == 5.0f", false, Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("3.0f == 3.0f", true, Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("'abc' == null", false, Boolean.class);
+
+		evaluate("3 eq 5", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5 eQ 3", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("6 Eq 6", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("3.0f eq 5.0f", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("3.0f EQ 3.0f", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("'abc' EQ null", false, Boolean.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -83,6 +112,12 @@ public class OperatorTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		evaluate("6 != 6", false, Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("3.0f != 5.0f", true, Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("3.0f != 3.0f", false, Boolean.class);
+
+		evaluate("3 ne 5", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5 nE 3", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("6 Ne 6", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("3.0f NE 5.0f", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("3.0f ne 3.0f", false, Boolean.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -100,6 +135,10 @@ public class OperatorTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		evaluate("'def' >= 'abc'",true,Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("'abc' >= 'abc'",true,Boolean.class);
 
+		evaluate("3 GE 5", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5 gE 3", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("6 Ge 6", true, Boolean.class);		
+		evaluate("3L ge 5L", false, Boolean.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -112,6 +151,11 @@ public class OperatorTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		evaluate("5.0d > 3.0d", true, Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("'abc' > 'def'",false,Boolean.class);
 		evaluate("'def' > 'abc'",true,Boolean.class);
+
+		evaluate("3.0d gt 5.0d", false, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("5.0d gT 3.0d", true, Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("'abc' Gt 'def'",false,Boolean.class);
+		evaluate("'def' GT 'abc'",true,Boolean.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -145,6 +189,10 @@ public class OperatorTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		evaluate("3 * 5f", 15d, Double.class);
 		evaluate("3 / 1", 3, Integer.class);
 		evaluate("3 % 2", 1, Integer.class);
+		evaluate("3 mod 2", 1, Integer.class);
+		evaluate("3 mOd 2", 1, Integer.class);
+		evaluate("3 Mod 2", 1, Integer.class);
+		evaluate("3 MOD 2", 1, Integer.class);
 	}
 	
 	@Test
@@ -207,6 +255,8 @@ public class OperatorTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 	public void testDivide() {
 		evaluate("3.0f / 5.0f", 0.6d, Double.class);
 		evaluate("4L/2L",2L,Long.class);
+		evaluate("3.0f div 5.0f", 0.6d, Double.class);
+		evaluate("4L DIV 2L",2L,Long.class);
 		evaluateAndCheckError("'abc'/'def'",SpelMessage.OPERATOR_NOT_SUPPORTED_BETWEEN_TYPES);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelParserTests.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelParserTests.java
index c542832055f..12a5c9ef9d3 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelParserTests.java
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ public class SpelParserTests {
 	
 	@Test
 	public void testTokenKind() {
-		TokenKind tk = TokenKind.BANG;
+		TokenKind tk = TokenKind.NOT;
 		Assert.assertFalse(tk.hasPayload());
-		Assert.assertEquals("BANG(!)",tk.toString());
+		Assert.assertEquals("NOT(!)",tk.toString());
 
 		tk = TokenKind.MINUS;
 		Assert.assertFalse(tk.hasPayload());
@@ -289,11 +289,11 @@ public class SpelParserTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testToken() {
-		Token token = new Token(TokenKind.BANG,0,3);
-		Assert.assertEquals(TokenKind.BANG,token.kind);
+		Token token = new Token(TokenKind.NOT,0,3);
+		Assert.assertEquals(TokenKind.NOT,token.kind);
 		Assert.assertEquals(0,token.startpos);
 		Assert.assertEquals(3,token.endpos);
-		Assert.assertEquals("[BANG(!)](0,3)",token.toString());
+		Assert.assertEquals("[NOT(!)](0,3)",token.toString());
 
 		token = new Token(TokenKind.LITERAL_STRING,"abc".toCharArray(),0,3);
 		Assert.assertEquals(TokenKind.LITERAL_STRING,token.kind);