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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | able, acceptable, accepted, accurate, advisable, allowable, appertinent, apposite, appropriate, au fait, becoming, befitting, canonical, chaste, comely, comme il faut, condign, conformable, consistent, convenient, conventional, correct, decent, decorous, demure, due, ethical, felicitous, fine, fitting, formal, good, honest, just, kosher, ladylike, lawful, legitimate, licit, meet, moral, opportune, orthodox, polite, prim, respectable, right, sedate, seeming, seemly, strict, suitable, true, useful |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, unsuitable |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | etiquette, protocol |
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | befit, behoove |
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place. |
| Synonyms: | apt, becoming, befitting, correct, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, meet, right, tailor-made |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | convenient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Suited to one's end or purpose. |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, befitting, expedient, fit, good, meet, suitable, tailor-made, useful |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Conforming to accepted standards. |
| Synonyms: | becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, de rigueur, nice, respectable, right, seemly |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | ethical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | In accordance with principles of right or good conduct. |
| Synonyms: | moral, principled, right, righteous, rightful, right-minded, virtuous |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | genteel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form. |
| Synonyms: | bluenosed, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, stuffy, Victorian |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | just |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Consistent with prevailing or accepted standards or circumstances. |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, deserved, due, fit, fitting, merited, right, rightful, suitable |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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