English word
Correct
Definitions
verb
- to make or set right : amend
- counteract, neutralize
- to alter or adjust so as to bring to some standard or required condition
- to discipline or punish (someone) for some fault or lapse
- to point out usually for amendment the errors or faults of
Synonyms for correct
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Synonyms by context
Following the established standards of behavior or manners
adjective
To fix, correct, revise or improve
verb
- rectify
- remedy
- amend
- emend
- cure
- improve
- redress
- ameliorate
- better
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
verb
- reprimand
- punish
- discipline
- chasten
- chastise
- penalise
- penalize
- castigate
- crack down on
- teach a lesson
To scold (someone) for a fault or crime
verb
- admonish
- rebuke
- chide
- reprove
- berate
- scold
- objurgate
- lecture
Used to give an affirmative response
interjection
- yes
- yeah
- yep
- affirmative
- certainly
- yah
- yea
- yup
- absolutely
- agreed
Precisely accurate or correct
adverb
- right on the button
- exactly
- precisely
- dead on
- right on the mark
- spot on
- on target
- on the money
- on the nose
Antonyms for correct
- fallacious
- illogical
- mistaken
- iffy
Opposite of free from error
- incorrect
- wrong
- erroneous
- fallacious
- illogical
- mistaken
- false
- iffy
- inaccurate
- untrue
Opposite of following the established standards of behavior or manners
- improper
- discourteous
- impolite
- inappropriate
- intolerable
- rude
- ungraceful
- unmannerly
- unsatisfactory
- casual
Opposite of appropriate or suitable in the circumstances
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- infelicitous
- unsuitable
- inapt
- incongruous
- indecent
- malapropos
Opposite of to fix, correct, revise or improve
- aggravate
- mar
- damage
- harm
- impair
- ruin
- spoil
- blow
- blunder
- break
Opposite of to punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
- forgive
- excuse
- spare
- absolve
- acquit
- exculpate
- exonerate
- pardon
- release
- reprieve
(praise) Opposite of to scold (someone) for a fault or crime
- praise
- compliment
- laud
Phrases
- absolutely right
- absolutely true
- according to hoyle
- all right
- along the right lines
- always effective
- as it really happened
- as much as is necessary
- as much as you need
- as true as i'm sitting here
- as true as i'm standing here
- bang on
- based on facts
- best possible
- beyond doubt
- beyond question
- bona fide
- clearly defined
- completely true
- completely understandable