| Main Entry: | according to Hoyle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | according to the highest authority |
Synonyms: |
according to regulation, according to rule, as it should be, by the book, by the numbers, gospel, indisputable, proper |
| Main Entry: | befitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
Synonyms: |
according to Hoyle, apt, becoming, behooving, beseeming, comme il faut, conforming, correct, decent, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, just, kosher*, nice, on the button, on the nose, proper, right, right on, seemly, suitable, what the doctor ordered |
Antonyms: |
improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unbecoming, unfitting, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, exact |
Synonyms: |
according to Hoyle, actual, amen, appropriate, cooking with gas, dead on, equitable, factual, faithful, faultless, flawless, for sure, free of error, impeccable, just, legitimate, nice, okay, on target, on the ball, on the beam, on the button, on the money, on the nose, on track, perfect, precise, proper, regular, right, right as rain, right on, right stuff, righteous, rigorous, stone, strict, true, undistorted, unmistaken, veracious, veridical |
Antonyms: |
flawed, imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, wrong |
| Main Entry: | customary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, established |
Synonyms: |
SOP, accepted, according to Hoyle, accustomed, acknowledged, by the numbers, chronic, common, confirmed, conventional, established, everyday, familiar, fashionable, frequent, general, habitual, household, in a rut, in the groove, normal, ordinary, orthodox, playing it safe, popular, prescriptive, recognized, regular, regulation, routine, same old, standard, standard operating procedure, stipulated, traditional, understood, universal, wonted |
| Notes: | habitual means made a norm or custom or habit or fixed practice; customary means in accordance with convention or custom; usual means commonly or normally encountered, experienced, or observed |
Antonyms: |
abnormal, different, irregular, occasional, rare, sometime, unusual |
| Main Entry: | by the numbers |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | according to rule |
Synonyms: |
according to Hoyle, according to the highest authority, by the book, by the numbers, gospel, in a systematic manner, indisputable |