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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
Chris and the BBC readers both got two correct results with one exact score from the 10 games, giving you and him 50 points.
If it comes up, I’m facing it now and I’m going to feel it now and I’m going to correct my ways.
The state agency announced that it would mail postcards correcting the information to voters, which is likely to cost millions of dollars.
"Even so, sometimes we have to call the doctors because it's very important for us to dispense the correct medicine."
Ms Miller said that was correct, and the couple did not live together.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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