Correctness Synonyms and Antonyms

Propriety
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rightness
  2. decency
  3. accuracy
  4. exactitude
  5. exactness
  6. veracity
  7. decorum
  8. fidelity
  9. truth
  10. veraciousness
  11. veridicality
  12. verity
Antonyms:
  1. incorrectness
  2. impropriety
  3. unsuitability
  4. unsuitableness
  5. unacceptableness
  6. infidelity
  7. unseemliness
Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. comeliness
  2. decency
  3. decentness
  4. decorousness
  5. decorum
  6. properness
  7. propriety
  8. respectability
  9. respectableness
  10. seemliness

Words Related to Correctness

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Correctness Sentence Examples

  • The correctness of this hypothesis may, however, be doubted.

  • The correctness of this procedure is questionable.

  • He was master of the learned languages, spoke and wrote French with facility and correctness, and understood English, Italian and Dutch.

  • It arose from the fact that as early as May 1887 the German physicians recognized the presence of cancer in the throat, but Sir Morell Mackenzie, the English specialist who was also consulted, disputed the correctness of this diagnosis, and advised that the operation for removal of the larynx, which they had recommended, should not be undertaken.

  • Certain lapses from grammatical correctness and metrical regularity that we find in the poems of Shelley are undoubtedly due to the author, though the number of these has been reduced (as Mr Buxton Forman has pointed out) with our improved knowledge of the sources of the text.

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