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//kəˈɹɛkt//
Synonyms for "correct" (387 found)
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Closest matches (78)
rightaccurateadjustchastisecompensatedisciplineproperstraightabsoluteacceptedaccommodateaccommodate withaccordaccording to hoyleacknowledgedadaptadapt toadjectivaladjust toadmitted
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admonishadverbialagree withall rightalrightameliorateamendannulapplicableappropriateapprovedaptassimilateassimilate toattentiveattributiveau faitauthenticauthoritativeavengeawakenbe guided bybecomingbefittingbeing donebendberatebetterblameblue pencilblue-pencilbreak the spellbring to accountbring to bookburst the bubblecall to accountcancelcanonicalcarefulcastigatecensureceremoniouschangechastechastenchidechime in withchristiancivilizedclosecomelycomme il faut
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (116)
Adjective(4 words)
complycomply withcomposecondignconformconformableconformingconjunctiveconscientiousconventionalcopulativecorrespondcounteractcounterbalancecountervailcriticalcurecustomaryde rigueurdead right
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deal withdebunkdecentdeclinedecorousdelicatedemandingdetaileddisabusedisappointdisenchantdisilludedisillusiondisillusionizedonedueeditemendemendateenlightenestablishedethicalevangelicalexactexactingexigentexpedientexpiateexplicitexposeexquisitefactualfaithfulfall in withfaultlessfelicitousfinefinicalfinickingfinickyfirmfitfittingfixflawlessfollowformalfunctionalfussygear togive satisfactionglossematicgo bygoodgood-manneredgradegrammaticgrammaticalhappyharmonizehave words withhonorableimpeccableimprovein orderincorruptinerrantinfallibleinflict uponinspiredintransitivejustjust rightkosherladylikelecturelegitimatelet down easylet in onletter perfectletter-perfectlinkingliteralmaintain
Related words (193)
makemake all squaremake an example ofmake conformmake goodmake overmake rightmake up formannerlymarkmastheadmeetmendmeticulousminutemodifymoldmouldmouldermouldy
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narrownaturalneutralizenicenominalnormalnormativenullifyobjurgateobserveof the faithoffsetokokayorderorderlyorthodoxorthodoxicalparticipialparticularpay reparationspenalizeperfectpilloryplacepolishpostpositionalpreciseprecisianisticprecisionisticprepositionalprick the bubbleprimprincipledpronominalpunctiliouspunctualpunishpureput rightput straightput to rightsrateread the riot actrebukereceivedrecenserecognizedrecompensereconcilereconsiderrectifyredactredraftredressrefinedreformregularregulatereligiousremedyremuneraterenewrepairreprehendreprimandreproverequiterespectablerestoreretouchrevampreverserevisereworkrewriteright and properrighteousrightfulrigidrigorousrub off cornerssafescoldscourgescripturalscrupulousscrutinizingseemlysetset downset rightset straightset to rightsset upsettlesettle withshapeshow upsosoundspanksquaresquare accountsstandardstraight-up-and-downstraightenstraighten outstrictstructuralsubstantivesubtlesuitsuitablesyntactictagmemictake downtake to tasktallytally withtastefultell the truthtextualtraditionaltraditionalistictransitivetruetrue bluetrue-blueunblindfolduncharmundeceiveundistortedunimpeachableunspellupbraidusualvalidveraciousverbalveridicalveryvigorousvisit uponwake upwell manneredwell-behavedwell-chosenwell-expressedwell-manneredwell-putwell-spokenwork overyield
Intj(1 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
48 entriesShowing 16 of 48 words.
manner of
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
13 entriesTranslations
264 translations across 101 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- reg adj (free from error)
Ainu
1 entries- ピㇼカ adj (free from error)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀρθός adj (free from error)
Arabic
4 entries- صَح adj (free from error)
- صَحِيح adj (free from error)
- صَوَاب adj (free from error)
- صَحَّحَ verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܬܪܨ adj (free from error)
Armenian
3 entries- կոռեկտ adj (with good manners)
- ճիշտ adj (free from error)
- ուղղել verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Assamese
2 entries- শুদ্ধ adj (free from error)
- শুধ adj (free from error)
Asturian
1 entries- correutu adj (free from error)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- doğru adj (free from error)
- düzəltmək verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- islah etmək verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Bashkir
1 entries- дөрөҫ adj (free from error)
Basque
1 entries- zuzendu verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Belarusian
1 entries- праві́льны adj (free from error)
Breton
1 entries- reizh adj (free from error)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ве́рен adj (free from error)
- възпи́тан adj (with good manners)
- коре́ктен adj (with good manners)
- пра́вилен adj (free from error)
Burmese
1 entries- မှန် adj (free from error)
Catalan
3 entries- condret adj (free from error)
- correcte adj (free from error)
- corregir verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Chamicuro
1 entries- nanatolo adj (free from error)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ adj (free from error)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 啱 adj (free from error)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 對 /对 adj (free from error)
- 正確 /正确 adj (free from error)
- 修正 verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- 改正 verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Czech
4 entries- korektní adj (with good manners)
- slušný adj (with good manners)
- správný adj (free from error)
- opravit verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Danish
2 entries- korrekt adj (free from error)
- rigtig adj (free from error)
Dutch
4 entries- correct adj (free from error)
- correct adj (with good manners)
- goedgemanierd adj (with good manners)
- juist adj (free from error)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 正確 /正确 adj (free from error)
Erzya
1 entries- виде adj (free from error)
Esperanto
3 entries- prava adj (free from error)
- ĝusta adj (free from error)
- korekti verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Estonian
1 entries- õige adj (free from error)
Faroese
2 entries- rættur adj (free from error)
- rætta verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Finnish
4 entries- asiallinen adj (with good manners)
- korrekti adj (with good manners)
- oikea adj (free from error)
- oikeellinen adj (free from error)
French
2 entries- correct adj (free from error)
- corriger verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Galician
3 entries- correcto adj (free from error)
- correcto adj (with good manners)
- correxir verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Georgian
3 entries- ზუსტი adj (free from error)
- სწორი adj (free from error)
- უშეცდომო adj (free from error)
German
4 entries- einwandfrei adj (free from error)
- einwandfrei adj (with good manners)
- korrekt adj (free from error)
- ordnungsgemäß adj (with good manners)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 adj (free from error)
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 adj (free from error)
- 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Greek
3 entries- σωστός adj (free from error)
- σωστός adj (with good manners)
- διορθώνω verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pololei adj (free from error)
Hebrew
3 entries- נְכוֹנָה adj (free from error)
- נָכוֹן adj (free from error)
- תיקן verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Hindi
3 entries- ठीक adj (free from error)
- सही adj (free from error)
- सही करना verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Hungarian
4 entries- helyes adj (free from error)
- hibátlan adj (free from error)
- illő adj (with good manners)
- korrekt adj (with good manners)
Icelandic
2 entries- rétt adj (free from error)
- leiðrétta verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Indonesian
1 entries- tepat adj (free from error)
Ingrian
1 entries- vernoi adj (free from error)
Irish
3 entries- beacht adj (free from error)
- beachtaigh verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- ceartaigh verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Italian
4 entries- corretto adj (free from error)
- corretto adj (with good manners)
- esatto adj (free from error)
- ineccepibile adj (with good manners)
Japanese
4 entries- 正しい adj (free from error)
- 正解 adj (free from error)
- 修正する verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- 是正する verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Kaitag
1 entries- дуж adj (free from error)
Kazakh
1 entries- дұрыс adj (free from error)
Khmer
2 entries- ត្រឹមត្រូវ adj (free from error)
- កែ verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Korean
4 entries- 맞다 adj (free from error)
- 바르다 adj (free from error)
- 옳다 adj (free from error)
- 정확하다 adj (free from error)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- дурус adj (free from error)
- туура adj (free from error)
- түз adj (free from error)
Ladino
1 entries- korijar verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Lao
2 entries- ຖືກ adj (free from error)
- ແກ້ adj (free from error)
Latin
3 entries- correctus adj (free from error)
- corrigō verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- ēmendō verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Latvian
1 entries- pareizs adj (free from error)
Lithuanian
1 entries- teisingas adj (free from error)
Macedonian
2 entries- верен adj (free from error)
- правилен adj (free from error)
Malay
4 entries- benar adj (free from error)
- betul adj (free from error)
- benarkan verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- betulkan verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Miyako
1 entries- マツム adj (free from error)
Moksha
1 entries- виде adj (free from error)
Mongolian
1 entries- засах verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Māori
4 entries- tika adj (free from error)
- tika adj (with good manners)
- tītere verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- tītere verb (to inform someone of their error)
Norwegian
1 entries- riktig adj (free from error)
Nǀuu
2 entries- ǂhu adj (free from error)
- ǂhuu adj (free from error)
Occitan
2 entries- condrech adj (free from error)
- corrècte adj (free from error)
Old English
3 entries- riht adj (free from error)
- þrafian verb (to inform someone of their error)
- ġerihtan verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Oromo
1 entries- sirreessuu verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- راست adj (free from error)
- طوغری adj (free from error)
- طوغریلامق verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- طوغریلامق verb (to inform someone of their error)
Pashto
1 entries- ټيک adj (free from error)
Persian
1 entries- درست adj (free from error)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- rajcht adj (free from error)
Polish
4 entries- poprawny adj (free from error)
- prawidłowy adj (free from error)
- właściwy adj (free from error)
- poprawiać verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Portuguese
4 entries- certo adj (free from error)
- comportado adj (with good manners)
- correto adj (free from error)
- educado adj (with good manners)
Quechua
2 entries- chanin adj (free from error)
- allichiy verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- titika adj (free from error)
Romanian
3 entries- corect adj (free from error)
- corect adj (with good manners)
- corecta verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Russian
4 entries- ве́рный adj (free from error)
- воспи́танный adj (with good manners)
- корре́ктный adj (free from error)
- корре́ктный adj (with good manners)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- comharraich verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- cuir ceart verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ispravan adj (free from error)
- исправан adj (free from error)
- popraviti verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- поправити verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Slovak
2 entries- správny adj (free from error)
- opraviť verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Slovene
2 entries- pravilen adj (free from error)
- popraviti verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тӱзедер verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Spanish
2 entries- correcto adj (free from error)
- corregir verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Sundanese
1 entries- leres adj (free from error)
Swedish
4 entries- felfri adj (free from error)
- korrekt adj (free from error)
- korrekt adj (with good manners)
- riktig adj (free from error)
Tagalog
2 entries- tama adj (free from error)
- wasto adj (with good manners)
Tajik
1 entries- дуруст adj (free from error)
Tamil
1 entries- திருத்து verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Tetum
1 entries- loos adj (free from error)
Thai
2 entries- ถูก adj (free from error)
- แก้ไข verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Tibetan
3 entries- དག་བཅོས་བྱེད verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- ནོར་བཅོས་བྱེད verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- སྐྱོན་སེལ་ཞུ verb (to inform someone of their error)
Turkish
2 entries- doğru adj (free from error)
- düzeltmek verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Turkmen
2 entries- dogry adj (free from error)
- dürs adj (free from error)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́хований adj (with good manners)
- коре́ктний adj (free from error)
- коре́ктний adj (with good manners)
- пра́вильний adj (free from error)
Urdu
2 entries- صحیح adj (free from error)
- ٹھیک adj (free from error)
Uzbek
1 entries- toʻgʻri adj (free from error)
Vietnamese
4 entries- đúng adj (free from error)
- chữa verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- sửa verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- sửa chữa verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Volapük
1 entries- verätik adj (free from error)
Walloon
2 entries- coridjî verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
- ricoridjî verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Welsh
2 entries- cywir adj (free from error)
- cywiro verb (to make something become right that was previously wrong)
Yiddish
1 entries- ריכטיק adj (free from error)
Zealandic
3 entries- goed adj (free from error)
- juust adj (free from error)
- sjuust adj (free from error)
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