Synonyms for correct
verb
To make corrections
remedy, rectify, better, help, ameliorate, remove the errors, remove the faults of, emend, improve, alter, adjust, retouch, redress, reclaim, accommodate for, make right, mend, amend, right, fix, fix up, repair, do over, reform, remodel, review, reconstruct, reorganize, edit, revise, make corrections, make improvements, set aright, put straight, set straight, make compensation for, reparation for, put in order, doctor, touch up, polish; see also adjust 3, change 1, improve 1, repair.
To administer correction
admonish, chide, reprimand; see punish. See syn. study at punish.
See correct in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
correct rectify remedy redress reform revise amend
These verbs mean to make right what is wrong. Correct refers to eliminating faults, errors, or defects: I corrected the spelling mistakes.
Rectify stresses the idea of bringing something into conformity with a standard of what is right: The omission of your name from the list will be rectified.
Remedy involves removing or counteracting something considered a cause of harm or damage: He took courses to remedy his abysmal ignorance.
Redress refers to setting right something considered immoral or unethical and usually involves making reparation: The wrong is too great to be redressed.
Reform implies broad change that improves form or character: “Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons” (John Ruskin).
Revise suggests change that results from reconsideration: The author revised her manuscript for publication.
Amend implies improvement through alteration or correction: “Whenever [the people] shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it” (Abraham Lincoln).
See Also Synonyms at
punish.
See correct in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To make right what is wrong:
amend, emend, mend, rectify, redress, reform, remedy, right. See correctTo subject (one) to a penalty for a wrong:
castigate, chastise, discipline, penalize, punish. See rewardTo castigate for the purpose of improving:
chasten. See praise
adjective
Having no errors:
accurate, errorless, exact, precise, right, rigorous. See correct, trueConforming to fact:
accurate, exact, faithful, precise, right, rigorous, true, veracious, veridical. See correct, honest, real, trueConforming to accepted standards:
becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, de rigueur, nice, proper, respectable, right, seemly. See courtesySuitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place:
appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit1, fitting, happy, meet2, proper, right, tailor-made. See right
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