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correct
adjective as in accurate, exact
Strongest matches
accurate, appropriate, equitable, exact, factual, legitimate, perfect, precise, proper, strict, true
Weak matches
according to Hoyle, actual, amen, cooking with gas, dead on, faithful, faultless, flawless, for sure, free of error, impeccable, just, nice, on the ball, on the beam, on the button, on the money, on the nose, on track, on-target, regular, right as rain, right on, right stuff, righteous, rigorous, undistorted, unmistaken, veracious, veridical
adjective as in proper, appropriate
Strongest matches
Weak matches
comme il faut, conventional, decent, decorous, diplomatic, meticulous, nice, punctilious, right stuff, scrupulous, seemly, standard, suitable
verb as in fix, adjust
Strongest matches
alter, amend, cure, improve, mend, rectify, redress, regulate, remediate, remedy, repair, review, revise, straighten out, upgrade
Strong matches
ameliorate, better, change, debug, doctor, edit, emend, help, launder, polish, reclaim, reconstruct, reform, remodel, reorganize, retouch, right, scrub
Weak matches
clean up, clean up act, do over, fiddle with, fix up, get with it, go over, make over, make right, make up for, pay dues, pick up, put in order, set right, set straight, shape up, touch up, turn around
Example Sentences
I asked the barista, hoping my guess was correct.
“Unless this council takes very bold action, we’re not going to cost correct.”
Last week, the Ethiopian prime minister said that giving up the Red Sea was a "mistake that will be corrected tomorrow".
It’s those small gestures during their hangouts — like Dennis refraining from correcting Roman’s misuse of idioms — that forge a special if imbalanced dynamic as they try to fill their respective voids.
“I think there is going to be a short-term fluctuation in the trend that ultimately corrects itself and resumes the path it was on while Netanyahu is in power,” he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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