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Another word for correct

Verb

  1. To make right what is wrong

    2. See also:

    correct

  2. To subject (one) to a penalty for a wrong

    3. See also:

    reward

  3. To castigate for the purpose of improving

    4. See also:

    praise

Another word for correct

Adjective

  1. Having no errors

    2. See also:

    true

    correct

  2. Conforming to fact

    3. See also:

    true

    real

    honest

    correct

  3. Conforming to accepted standards

    4. See also:

    courtesy

  4. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place

    5. See also:

    right

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for correct

Modifier

  1. Accurate

    2. See also:

    accurate

  2. Proper

    3. See also:

    accurate

    fit

    conventional

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Sentence Examples

  • At least he had found the correct profession.

  • The government operating in its correct role is instrumental to civilization.

  • Maybe. Correct me if I'm wrong.

  • Later, as she looked down at his sleeping form, she was silently cursing the doctor because his diagnosis was correct, but for the wrong partner.

  • Two hundred years later, William Rutherford thought he had calculated it to 208 digits but only got the first 152 correct, so we will give him credit that far.

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