MS Thesaurus is very wrong on word "natty"

[Guest]

MS Thesaurus Improperly classifies “Natty†as Worn-out et al. rather than
dapper and classy. Not only are the synonyms wrong they are in fact accurate
antonyms for the word.

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[Graham Mayor]

I don't know what language you are looking at, but the English thesaurus
gives the following:
smart (adj.)
neat
trim
dapper
chic
spruce
nifty
sloppy (autonym)
which sound close enough to me ?


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[Guest]

Thesaurus English (US)
For the word natty:
worn-out
tattered
old
beat up
scruffy

Looks wrong to me

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm seeing the same thing here for English (US) in Word 2003. I get similar
synonyms for "tatty," so perhaps there was some confusion.

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It shows the wrong synonyms here, too, in Word 2003, when the language is
set to English (US). When I set it to English (U.K.), it shows the correct
ones. I wonder if sometime over the past few decades, the U.S. definition of
natty has changed.

Hmm... Looking at Encarta's dictionary, it says:

nat·ty [náttee]
(comparative nat·ti·er, superlative nat·ti·est)
adjective
dapper: neat and fashionable in appearance or dress

So, I'm guessing that the English (US) thesaurus is wrong. Or, maybe it's
decided to show just the antonyms. Or, maybe it's confusing natty with
tatty. I've never encountered "tatty," but, it seems to produce a list
similar to that of natty.

 

[CyberTaz]

Just for giggles & grins I tried it on Mac Word 2004 -the contextual menu
synonyms list is the 'wrong' set (beginning with "worn-out") here too, but
if I choose Lookup the Reference Tools give the correct definition.
Evidently the Thesaurus lexicon is the culprit.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac