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| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, exact |
| Synonyms: | according to Hoyle*, actual, amen*, appropriate, equitable, factual, faithful, faultless, flawless, for sure, impeccable, just, legitimate, nice, okay, on the ball*, on the nose*, perfect, precise, proper, regular, right, right stuff*, righteous, rigorous, stone, strict, true, veracious, cooking with gas, dead on, free of error, on target, on the beam, on the button, on the money, on track, right as rain, right on, undistorted, unmistaken, veridical |
| Antonyms: | inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, wrong, flawed, imprecise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, adjust |
| Synonyms: | alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, cure, debug*, doctor*, edit, emend, fix up, go over, help, improve, launder, mend, pick up, polish, reclaim, reconstruct, rectify, redress, reform, regulate, remedy, remodel, reorganize, repair, retouch, review, revise, right, scrub*, touch up, upgrade, clean up, clean up act, do over, fiddle with, get with it, make over, make right, make up for, pay dues, put in order, set right, set straight, shape up, straighten out, turn around |
| Antonyms: | blow, blunder, goof, mistake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | proper, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, becoming, careful, conforming, conventional, decent, decorous, diplomatic, done, fitting, meticulous, nice, okay, punctilious, right, right stuff*, scrupulous, seemly, standard, suitable, comme il faut |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unsuitable, unfitting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discipline, chastise |
| Synonyms: | administer, admonish, castigate, chasten, chide, penalize, punish, reprimand, reprove |
| Antonyms: | coddle, indulge, pamper, pet, spoil, be permissive |
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable |
| Synonyms: | adapted, applicable, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, belonging, congruous, convenient, correct, deserved, due, felicitous, fit, fitting, germane, good, just, on the nose*, opportune, pertinent, proper, relevant, right, rightful, seemly, tailor-made, true, useful, well-timed, appurtenant, desired, on the button, well-suited |
| Antonyms: | improper, unbecoming, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, unfitting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apropos |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relevant, suitable |
| Synonyms: | applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, befitting, belonging, correct, fit, fitting, germane, kosher*, material, on the nose*, opportune, pertinent, proper, related, right, seemly, legit, on the button, right on |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, irrelevant, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | atone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate; make amends for former misdoing |
| Synonyms: | absolve, answer, apologize, appease, balance, correct, counterbalance, do penance, expiate, make amends, make redress, make reparation, make up for, offset, outweigh, pay, pay one's dues, propitiate, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, set off, square, take one's medicine |
| Main Entry: | befitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
| Synonyms: | according to Hoyle*, apt, becoming, conforming, correct, decent, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, just, kosher*, nice, on the nose*, proper, right, seemly, suitable, behooving, beseeming, comme il faut, on the button, right on, what the doctor ordered |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unbecoming, unsuitable, unfitting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | better |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve performance; outdo |
| Synonyms: | advance, ameliorate, amend, beat, best, cap, correct, enhance, exceed, excel, forward, further, help, meliorate, mend, outshine, outstrip, promote, raise, rectify, refine, reform, revamp, surpass, top, transcend |
| Notes: | better is greater in excellence or higher in quality; more useful; more highly skilled; healthier than before - while bettor is someone who bets |
| Antonyms: | deteriorate, worsen, get worse |
| Main Entry: | businesslike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | efficient, professional |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, careful, concentrated, correct, diligent, direct, earnest, effective, enterprising, expeditious, hardworking, industrious, intent, matter-of-fact, methodical, orderly, organized, painstaking, practical, practiced, purposeful, regular, routine, sedulous, serious, skillful, systematic, thorough, disciplined, well-ordered, workaday |
| Antonyms: | amateur, disorganized, inefficient, unprofessional, unbusinesslike |
| Main Entry: | castigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize severely |
| Synonyms: | baste, bawl out*, beat, berate, blister, cane, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out*, come down on*, correct, criticize, discipline, drag over the coals, dress down*, drub, excoriate, flay, flog, jump down one's throat, lambaste, lash, lay out*, lean on, penalize, pummel, punish, rail, rate, read the riot act, ream, rebuke, reprimand, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, thrash, tongue-lash*, upbraid, whip |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chastise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scold, discipline |
| Synonyms: | baste, beat, berate, castigate, censure, chasten, chew out*, correct, flog*, lash*, lay into*, pummel, punish, scourge, spank, thrash, upbraid, whip, climb all over, ferule, lean on, ream, skelp, slap down |
| Antonyms: | cheer, comfort, compliment, encourage, forgive, promote, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | counteract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do opposing action |
| Synonyms: | annul, buck, cancel, check, contravene, correct, counterbalance, cross, defeat, fix, foil, frustrate, halt, hinder, invalidate, negate, negative, neutralize, offset, oppose, prevent, rectify, redress, resist, right, thwart, cancel out, countercheck, countervail, counterwork, go against |
| Antonyms: | aid, approve, assist, help, support |
| Main Entry: | counterbalance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offset an action |
| Synonyms: | amend, balance, cancel, compensate, correct, counteract, counterpoise, equalize, outweigh, rectify, redeem, atone for, countervail, make up for, set off |
| Main Entry: | debug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | troubleshoot |
| Synonyms: | adjust, correct, fix, iron out, remedy, repair, unravel, untangle, remove errors, sort out, straighten out, unscramble, work the bugs out of |
| Main Entry: | decorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
| Synonyms: | au fait, becoming, befitting, ceremonial, ceremonious, civilized, comely, conforming, conventional, correct, de rigueur, decent, demure, dignified, done, elegant, fit, fitting, formal, good, mannerly, meet, moral, nice, polite, prim, proper, punctilious, refined, respectable, right, seasonable, sedate, seemly, staid, well-behaved, comme il faut |
| Antonyms: | impolite, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unrefined, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | de rigeur |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | proper, right |
| Synonyms: | au fait, becoming, conventional, correct, decent, decorous, done, fitting, necessary, required, comme il faut |
| Antonyms: | improper, wrong |
| Main Entry: | edit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rewrite, refine |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, fine-tune, finish, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, rectify, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub*, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, blue-pencil*, boil down*, fly speck, recalibrate, redact, write over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ethical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moral, righteous |
| Synonyms: | clean, conscientious, correct, decent, elevated, equitable, fair, fitting, good, honest, honorable, humane, just, kosher*, noble, proper, respectable, right, square, straight, upright, upstanding, virtuous, Christian, high-principled, moralistic, principled, right-minded, true blue |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, dishonest, immoral, improper, unethical, unjust, unrighteous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exemplary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ideal |
| Synonyms: | admirable, blameless, characteristic, classic, classical, commendable, correct, estimable, excellent, good, guiltless, honorable, illustrative, inculpable, innocent, laudable, meritorious, model, praiseworthy, punctilious, pure, quintessential, representative, righteous, sterling, typical, virtuous, worthy, batting a thousand, bueno, irreprehensible, neato, not bad, not too shabby, paradigmatic, prototypical |
| Antonyms: | erring, incorrect, wrong, unideal |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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