https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165037
--- Comment #1 from Julia <[email protected]> --- I noticed that issues with the Thesaurus are being collected here https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105747 so this one might be interesting. There’s not much info in this report, so I tried some things. I used the following text in an empty LO Writer text file (.odt) (language = English (United States)): My brother gave me an interesting book. The house was quiet in the evening. This shows how synonyms are handled. It appears that adjectives are handled best. Here are the issues I noticed for the words "brother", "gave", "house", "was", "shows", "synonyms", "handled" and "appears". Note: This is NOT about the options shown in the Thesaurus, but the ones that immediately appear when you right-click on the word and then click on Synonyms (see attached screenshots) 1. Antonyms are suggested as synonyms. This is confusing, because a synonym means (nearly) the same as a given word, while an antonym means the opposite. The standard test for synonymy is substitution. You cannot replace “appear” with “disappear”, for example, without changing the meaning of the sentence. Examples (see screenshots): • brother (synonyms contain “sister”) • synonym (synonyms contain “antonym”) • handled (synonyms contain “handleless”) • appear (synonyms contain “disappear”) Behavior in Microsoft Word: no antonyms in list of suggested synonyms 2. For some words that can be a noun or a verb, only nouns are suggested as synonyms. Examples (see screenshots): • house • show (“display” might be interpreted as a verb, but if you look at the thesaurus, you can see that only the first entries make it into the list of synonyms, which are all listed as nouns) Behavior in Microsoft Word: no verbs offered for “house”, but verbs are offered for “shows” 3. For some verb forms, there are no synonyms suggested at all. (This of course also concerns the thesaurus—there is nothing in there.) Examples: • gave • was Behavior in Microsoft Word: synonyms are suggested, for example • for "gave", the synonyms contain “offered” • for "was", the synonyms contain “existed” 4. In some cases, the same word results in completely different suggestions, depending on whether there is a period after the word or not. Examples: • handled (only one synonym suggested, which is an antonym: “handleless”) • handled. (synonyms contain “appendage”, “manage”) Behavior in Microsoft Word: slight variation of the synonym list depending on period or not, but no antonyms, and all synonyms are verbs. Summary: The LO Writer synonyms feature seems to have some problems with antonyms and verbs, specifically past tense forms of irregular verbs. I also noticed that the synonym suggestions are always the first entries in the thesaurus, which can lead to only nouns being suggested as synonyms for words that can also be verbs. Moreover, in some cases, whether or not the word is followed by a period results in completely different synonym suggestions. Language of the document: English (United States) LO Version: 7.5.9.2 (X86_64), 25.8.1.1 (X86_64) (same behavior) OS: Windows 11 User Profile Reset: Yes Microsoft Word (for comparison): Microsoft 365 Version 2502 Build 16.0.18526.20546 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
