Inadequate Thesaurus in Writer

[Marco A.G. Pinto]

Heya, the thesaurus we have for English was created by Daniel Naber a 
long time ago.

I once asked him how to create an up-to-date thesaurus, and Daniel gave 
me a link to the script he used to build it.

I no longer remember the URL of the script, nor know who would be 
willing to learn how to use the script to build a new thesaurus.

Also notice that the current thesaurus is around 18 MB big, an 
up-to-date one would probably be much larger.


On 19/07/2025 16:25, Roger Squier wrote:
>
> I hope I am sending this email to the right place. It is not about a 
> 'bug'; it is about improving the quality of the Thesaurus in Writer 
> 25.2.5.2.
>
> Having migrated from MS Word to Libre Office Writer, I’ve found the 
> English Thesaurus included in Writer hopelessly inadequate.
>
> Would it be possible for the developers create or find a better Thesaurus?
>
> Just as an example, a search for a synonym for ‘peered'’ in Writer 
> produced the result shown in the attached file. The Thesaurus appears 
> to not understand English grammar. 'Peered' is a past participle of 
> the verb To Peer, e.g. To Look; it is not a noun. This result is 
> similar to some of the other results I get when I want to find a 
> synonym for a word in Writer. I have even wondered if Writer Thesaurus 
> is going by the sound of a word and not the grammar.
>
> See for example File Hippo: 
> /https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/peered.html/
>
> Surely Writer Thesaurus can be improved significantly.
>
> Regards
>
> Rwsjr
>
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