The Thesaurus tab offers a small thesaurus, built from a subset of WordNet. The results are listed in three categories: Synonyms, More General Words (hypernyms), More Specific Words (hyponyms). Synonyms are words with a very similar meaning. They do not necessarily apply to all senses of each word, so you cannot always replace a word with any synonym.
You can double click on a word to search for its synonyms etc.. You can also type a word directly into the Search for: box at the top and press Return. The word which is currently visible in the Replace with: box at the bottom is the one that will be used if you click on .
KThesaurus can be used as a standalone application, but it can also be used from other applications (like KWord, typically by right clicking on a word and selecting Show related words). The button will only be visible on a word and selecting Show Related Words). The button will only be visible if KThesaurus is called from another application.
We have to keep the data file small so that it can be included in KOffice — this introduces several limitations (compared to WordNet):
Only exact matches are found, for example, if you search for a plural form nothing will be found.
Many not so common words have been removed.
It doesn't distinguish between parts of speech, e.g. verbs and nouns are mixed up in the lists of words.
It won't separate the different meanings words can have.
Adjectives don't really have a “more general” / “more specific” meaning, so one word may appear in more than one list at the same time.
On the other hand, a few words have been added (function words like “if” and very few words specific to TDE).
Please do not report bugs in the thesaurus to the WordNet project, but to TDE.
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