Correct

/kəˈɹɛkt/

Synonyms for "correct" (537 found)

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Closest matches (108)

Verb(21 words)

chasten discipline rectify right abated accurate adjust adjusted amend appropriate audit calibrates calibrating castigatechange gradeschastened chastest chastise chastised chides

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cleanses

absolute accepted accommodateaccommodate withaccordaccording to hoyleaccurate acknowledged adaptadapt toadjectival adjustadjust toadmitted admonish adverbialagree withall rightalright ameliorate

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amend annul applicable appropriate approved apt assimilateassimilate toattentive attributiveau faitauthentic authoritative avenge awakenbe guided bybecoming befittingbeing donebend berate better blameblue pencilblue-pencilbreak the spellbring to accountbring to bookburst the bubblecall to accountcancel canonical careful castigate censure ceremonious change chaste chasten chastise chidechime in withchristian civilized

Adjective(12 words)

accurate energy dataaccurate estimation skillaccurate informationaccurate labelaccurate modelaccurate pronunciationaccurate throwaccurate understandingaccurate valueaccurate wordingadmissibleclear error

Noun(10 words)

amending amends antidoarithmetical accuracycalibrated measurement toolchastening chastising cleanseclear imageclear programming-language syntax

Adverb(1 words)

aright

Strong matches (161)

close comelycomme il fautcompensate complycomply withcompose condign conform conformable conforming conjunctive conscientious conventional copulative correspond counteract counterbalance countervail critical

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cure customaryde rigueurdead rightdeal withdebunk decent decorous delicate demanding detailed disabuse disappoint discipline disenchant disillude disillusion disillusionize done due edit emend emendate enlighten established ethical evangelical exact exacting exigent expedient expiate explicit expose exquisite factual faithfulfall in withfaultless felicitous fine finical finicking finicky firm fit fitting fix flawless follow formal functional fussygear togive satisfactionglossematicgo bygood good-mannered grade grammatic grammatical happy harmonizehave words withhonorable impeccable improvein orderincorrupt inerrant infallibleinflict uponinspired intransitive justjust rightkosher ladylike lecture legitimatelet down easylet in onletter-perfect linking

Verb(23 words)

compensate compensated compensates confirm copyread counteracting counterbalance debugs decline disabused disabuses edited emended emends eradicateseven offeven outeven upexactly fitting

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fix formed indeed

Adjective(18 words)

core linguistics conceptdisciplined excellentfactual knowledgeformal modelgrammaticalgrammatical devicegrammatical errorsgrammatical formgrammatical functiongrammatical patterngrammatical prepositiongrammatical requirementgrammatical usagegrammatical wordinerrantinstructional repairjustest

Noun(15 words)

correct phrase usagedebug disabusingdiscipline methodsdiscipline proceduresdisciplinesedit operationedit paragrapheditingediting processemending fixesgrammatical clausegrammatical propertylanguage rule system

Related words (268)

literal maintain makemake all squaremake an example ofmake conformmake goodmake overmake rightmake up formannerly mark masthead meet mend meticulous minute modify mold mould

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moulder mouldy narrow natural neutralize nice nominal normal normative nullify objurgate observeof the faithoffset ok okay order orderly orthodox orthodoxical participial particularpay reparationspenalize perfect pillory place polish postpositional precise precisianistic precisionistic prepositionalprick the bubbleprim principled pronominal proper punctilious punctual punish pureput rightput straightput to rightsrateread the riot actrebuke received recense recognized recompense reconcile reconsider rectify redact redraft redress refined reform regular regulate religious remedy remunerate renew repair reprehend reprimand reprove requite respectable restore retouch revamp reverse revise rework rewrite rightright and properrighteous rightful rigid rigorousrub off cornerssafe scold scriptural scrupulous scrutinizing seemly setset downset rightset straightset to rightsset upsettlesettle withshapeshow upsound spank squaresquare accountsstandard straightstraight-up-and-downstraightenstraighten outstrict structural substantive subtle suit suitable syntactic tagmemictake downtake to tasktallytally withtastefultell the truthtextual traditional traditionalistic transitive truetrue bluetrue-blue unblindfold uncharm undeceive undistorted unimpeachable unspell upbraid usual valid veracious verbal veridical very vigorousvisit uponwake upwell-behaved well-chosen well-expressed well-mannered well-put well-spokenwork overyield

Adjective(32 words)

logical validitymoral qualitiesperfect totalprecise placementprecise speechprocedural motion to changeproper answerproper earthing systemproper filingproper formproper inferenceproper methodproper placeproper postingproper ssnproper useproperestrevised evidencerightright pyramid project

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righter righteststructural correctnesstextual qualitytrue representationtrue statementtruer truest truthfulvalid diagnosis codevalid individual assessmentwritten language conventions

Verb(33 words)

make upmeliorate objurgate precise proofed proofread proofreads proper punishes rebuke rectified rectifies redress redressed remedied repair reprimand reproofed set slump

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sort outstraightened straightens suitable true trues undeceives undo unlearnupdate stock numbersvalidate verify yes

Adverb(2 words)

more accurate measurementprecisely

Noun(24 words)

nitpick nitpickspart of speechpatch countpeer editingproofingproofing documentproofread for typosproofreading pucka punishing rectifying redresses remedies repairs rescuing retouchesreview segmentright contextright turns

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rights scrubbing straighteningthe right thing

Adjective(1 words)

polite

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

50 entries

accuracy alter balancebawl outbehavior managementberatecall downcall on the carpetcare forchangechange by reversalchew outchew upchidecome downconduct

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More specific

20 entries

Exactly Right Yesaccurate dataappropriate formauditcorrect measurementedit lecturepolite speechproofreadproper dressrebuke recheck repair revise

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Collocations

10 entries

correct answercorrect estimatecorrect formcorrect measurementscorrect methodcorrect procedurecorrect pronunciationcorrect punctuationcorrect resultcorrect spelling

Inflections

5 entries

corrected correcting correctsmore correctmost correct

Derivations

8 entries

corrected correcting correction corrective correctly correctness corrects uncorrected

Antonyms

2 entries

falsify incorrect

similar

9 entries

accurate exact letter-perfect precise proper right-minded straight true word-perfect

Sample sentences

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