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| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable |
| Synonyms: | able, applicable, appropriate, apt, au fait, becoming, befitting, capable, competent, convenient, decent, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, happy, just, legitimate, meet, qualified, right, suited, true, useful, desired |
| Antonyms: | improper, unacceptable, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mannerly, decent |
| Synonyms: | becoming, befitting, by the numbers*, comely, conforming, correct, de rigueur*, decorous, demure, genteel, kosher*, moral, nice, polite, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, punctilious, puritanical, refined, respectable, right, seemly, solid, square*, stone, straight*, strait-laced*, stuffy*, by the book, comme il faut, in line |
| Antonyms: | crass, crude, objectionable, misbehaving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conventional, correct |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accepted, accurate, arrant, complete, consummate, customary, decorous, established, exact, formal, on the nose*, orthodox, out-and-out*, precise, right, usual, utter, free of error, on target, on the button, on the right track, unmistaken |
| Antonyms: | incorrect, substandard, unconventional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | individual, personal |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, distinctive, idiosyncratic, own, particular, peculiar, private, respective, special, specific |
| Antonyms: | general |
| Main Entry: | admissible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able or deserving of consideration; allowable |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, applicable, appropriate, fair, fitting, just, justifiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, likely, logical, okay, passable, permissible, permitted, pertinent, possible, probable, proper, rational, reasonable, relevant, right, suitable, tolerable, warranted, worthy, allowed, concedable, not impossible, not unlikely, tolerated |
| Antonyms: | illegitimate, inadmissible, inapplicable, irrelevant, unfair, unjust, unsuitable, wrong |
| Main Entry: | allowable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | permissible |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, admissible, legal, legitimate, proper |
| Antonyms: | prohibited, impermissible |
| 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: | 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: | capable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, au fait, clever, competent, dynamite, efficient, experienced, fitted, gifted, good, green thumb, intelligent, masterly, old hand*, old-timer*, on the ball*, proficient, proper, qualified, skillful, suited, talented, up*, veteran, fireball, has what it takes, having know-how, having the goods, having the right stuff, knowing the ropes, knowing the score, like a one-man band, like a pistol, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled, unskillful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ceremonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ritual, formal |
| Synonyms: | civil, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, exact, grandiose, impressive, majestic, moving, precise, proper, punctilious, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking |
| Antonyms: | informal, unceremonious, relaxed, unobserved |
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | typical; distinguishing |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, diagnostic, discriminating, distinctive, distinguishing, especial, essential, exclusive, fixed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual, ingrained, inherent, innate, local, marked, native, normal, original, particular, peculiar, personal, private, proper, regular, representative, singular, special, specific, symbolic, symptomatic, unique, differentiating, discriminative, emblematic, individualistic, individualizing |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, untypical, uncharacteristic |
| Main Entry: | chaste |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pure, incorrupt |
| Synonyms: | austere, celibate, clean, continent, decent, decorous, elegant, immaculate, impotent, inexperienced, innocent, modest, moral, neat, platonic, proper, prudish, quiet, refined, restrained, simple, spotless, stainless, subdued, unaffected, unblemished, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, vestal, virtuous, wholesome, controlled, intemerate, monogamous, uncontaminated, unwed, virginal |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, defiled, dirty, lewd, wanton, unchaste |
| Main Entry: | compatible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable, in harmony |
| Synonyms: | accordant, adaptable, appropriate, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, cooperative, fit, fitting, harmonious, like-minded, meet, proper, suitable, sympathetic, together, cotton to, getting along with, having good vibes, hitting it off, in keeping, in sync with, in the groove, on the same wavelength, reconcilable, simpatico |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, antipathetic, disagreeable, incompatible, inharmonious, unsuitable, unsuited |
| Main Entry: | conformable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate; matching |
| Synonyms: | adapted, agreeable, alike, amenable, applicable, assorted, comparable, compliant, consistent, docile, fitted, fitting, harmonious, in agreement, like, matched, obedient, orderly, proper, regular, resembling, similar, submissive, suitable, suited, tractable, unified, useable, well-regulated |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, nonconforming, mismatched |
| Main Entry: | congruous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corresponding, suitable |
| Synonyms: | accordant, appropriate, apt, becoming, coincidental, compatible, congruent, consistent, consonant, correspondent, fit, fitting, harmonious, meet, proper, seemly, sympathetic, concordant |
| Antonyms: | disagreeing, incongruous, unsuitable, unfitting, unharmonious |
| 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: | defensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | justifiable |
| Synonyms: | excusable, fit, logical, pardonable, permissible, plausible, proper, tenable, valid, condonable, defendable, vindicable, warrantable |
| Antonyms: | indefensible, invalid, unjustifiable, unvindicable |
| Main Entry: | demure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved, affected |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, blushing, close, coy, decorous, diffident, earnest, humble, modest, nice, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, reticent, retiring, sedate, serious, shy, silent, skittish, sober, solemn, staid, strait-laced, timid, unassuming, unassertive, unassured |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, extroverted, outgoing, shameless, strong |
| Main Entry: | distinctive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different, unique |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, cool, diagnostic, discrete, distinguishing, excellent, extraordinary, gnarly*, idiosyncratic, individual, offbeat, original, outstanding, peculiar, perfect, proper, separate, single, singular, special, superior, typical, uncommon, unreal, weird, wicked, diacritic, far cry, like night and day, poles apart |
| Antonyms: | common, normal, resembling, same, similar, standard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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