Synonyms for correct
kəˈrɛktcor·rect

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1. correctverb

   Antonyms:
   incorrect, inaccurate

2. correctverb

   Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.

   He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.

   Antonyms:
   incorrect, inaccurate

3. correctadjective

   With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

   Antonyms:
   inaccurate, incorrect

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1. correct

   To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.

   Synonyms:
   advance, ameliorate, amend, better, cleanse, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repair

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

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1. correct

   Synonyms:
   true, exact, faultless, accurate, proper, decorous, right

   Antonyms:
   false, untrue, incorrect, faulty, wrong

2. correctverb

   Synonyms:
   chasten, punish, rectify, amend, reform, emend, redress, set right, improve

   Antonyms:
   spare, falsify, corrupt

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1. correct, rightadjective

   free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

   "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

   Synonyms:
   right(a), good, proper, veracious, right, ripe, right-hand(a)

   Antonyms:
   improper, fallacious, incorrect, wrong, mistaken, false, erroneous, falsify

2. correct, rightadjective

   socially right or correct

   "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"

   Synonyms:
   right(a), good, proper, veracious, right, ripe, right-hand(a)

   Antonyms:
   false, fallacious, improper, incorrect, mistaken, erroneous, wrong, falsify

3. correct, rightadjective

   in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

   "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

   Synonyms:
   right(a), good, proper, veracious, right, ripe, right-hand(a)

   Antonyms:
   false, mistaken, fallacious, improper, incorrect, wrong, erroneous, falsify

4. right, correctverb

   correct in opinion or judgment

   "time proved him right"

   Synonyms:
   right(a), good, proper, veracious, right, ripe, right-hand(a)

   Antonyms:
   mistaken, incorrect, improper, erroneous, wrong, fallacious, false, falsify

5. correct, rectify, rightverb

   make right or correct

   "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

   Synonyms:
   refine, reclaim, regenerate, chasten, counterbalance, adjust, redress, even out, objurgate, discipline, castigate, decline, right, reform, even up, amend, rectify, chastise, compensate, sort out, even off, remedy, repair, make up, remediate, slump, set

   Antonyms:
   improper, erroneous, fallacious, incorrect, wrong, false, mistaken, falsify

6. right, compensate, redress, correctverb

   make reparations or amends for

   "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

   Synonyms:
   right, remunerate, chasten, pay, counterbalance, adjust, redress, even out, overcompensate, discipline, recompense, even up, rectify, indemnify, sort out, set, cover, compensate, pay off, even off, chastise, repair, make up, decline, castigate, slump, objurgate

   Antonyms:
   incorrect, fallacious, improper, mistaken, false, erroneous, wrong, falsify

7. chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correctverb

   censure severely

   "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

   Synonyms:
   right, chasten, tame, counterbalance, temper, redress, even out, objurgate, moderate, discipline, excoriate, reprobate, adjust, decry, rectify, even up, condemn, chastise, compensate, sort out, even off, make up, decline, castigate, slump, set, subdue

   Antonyms:
   improper, fallacious, mistaken, false, erroneous, wrong, incorrect, falsify

8. compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even upverb

   adjust for

   "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, even off, right, castigate, make up, compensate, neutralize, patch up, recompense, countervail, remunerate, even out, fabricate, counteract, make, decline, be, reconcile, oppose, invent, adjust, pay, overcompensate, catch up with, manufacture, counterbalance, level, represent, even, rectify, discipline, comprise, even up, conciliate, repair, square up, cook up, flush, cover, chastise, redress, constitute, sort out, set, objurgate, jog, pay off, slump, settle, indemnify

   Antonyms:
   false, improper, mistaken, erroneous, wrong, fallacious, incorrect, falsify

9. discipline, correct, sort outverb

   punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

   "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, even off, classify, right, castigate, make up, compensate, shed light on, crystalise, even out, straighten out, decline, crystallise, sort, train, separate, condition, assort, class, counterbalance, illuminate, clear, rectify, discipline, elucidate, even up, crystalize, adjust, crystallize, clear up, enlighten, chastise, redress, sort out, set, objurgate, slump, check

   Antonyms:
   mistaken, wrong, incorrect, erroneous, false, improper, fallacious, falsify

10. decline, slump, correctverb

    go down in value

    "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

    Synonyms:
    right, even out, reject, chasten, go down, adjust, refuse, slouch, objurgate, discipline, set, redress, sink, rectify, worsen, even up, slide down, counterbalance, chastise, wane, compensate, sort out, even off, fall off, pass up, make up, decline, castigate, slump, turn down

    Antonyms:
    false, improper, mistaken, wrong, incorrect, erroneous, fallacious, falsify

11. adjust, set, correctverb

    alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

    "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

    Synonyms:
    line up, sort out, even off, go under, right, castigate, dress, place, prepare, mark, put, make up, compensate, localize, objurgate, coiffe, fix, fructify, even out, gear up, go down, jell, chasten, decline, position, arrange, define, specify, lay, countersink, plant, determine, coiffure, do, counterbalance, sic, coif, lay out, adapt, align, even up, ready, set up, rectify, discipline, redress, congeal, aline, chastise, limit, conform, set, typeset, adjust, rig, slump, pose, localise

    Antonyms:
    wrong, mistaken, false, incorrect, improper, fallacious, erroneous, falsify

12. correctverb

    treat a defect

    "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"

    Synonyms:
    chasten, counterbalance, adjust, redress, even out, objurgate, discipline, castigate, decline, right, even up, rectify, chastise, compensate, sort out, even off, make up, slump, set

    Antonyms:
    wrong, improper, mistaken, fallacious, erroneous, false, incorrect, falsify

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1. • Change
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. correctverb

   Synonyms:
   rectify, amend, mend, reform, redress, reclaim, make right, set right

2. correctverb

   Synonyms:
   punish, castigate, chastise, discipline

3. correctverb

   Synonyms:
   change the quality of (by something of an opposite character)

4. correctadjective

   Synonyms:
   faultless, exact, precise, accurate, right, true, proper, free from error, not faulty

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1. correctadjective

   Synonyms:
   accurate, right, exact, precise

   Antonyms:
   incorrect, erroneous

2. correctverb

   Synonyms:
   rectify, amend, emend, right, reprove, discipline, counteract, modify

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1. List of paraphrases for "correct":

   rectify, right, proper, accurate, correcting, exact, remedy, correctly, redress, ok, good, true, appropriate, fix, correction, correctness, address, well-formed, fair, sound, adequate, corrects, corrected, precise, corrective, accuracy

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1. Thor Eells:

   If there is a weapon of any sort, not just guns, in somebody's hands when we respond in a situation like an active shooter or an assault in progress... officers have additional pressures placed upon( them) to evaluate an awful lot of info in a short period of time and hopefully arrive at the correct answer to mitigate danger to everyone involved, now as a responding officer, I have to very quickly, and when I say quickly : seconds, milliseconds ; make a determination in my mind, is this a friend or foe type of thing.

2. Senator Moran:

   My view was that this needs to pass. I want it to pass. I want to do everything I can to see that it passes sooner rather than later. And I was willing to wait to try to correct the problems that I see with the legislation, and not all of my colleagues agree with that strategy.

3. Brian Rehling:

   In our minds it was the correct decision. The inflation data does not support a rate hike at this time. You throw in some of the global turbulence and (that) supports the decision to leave rates unchanged.

4. Kgalalelo Masibi:

   Security Services say that 95 percent of the time the informant is incorrect. But what if this falls under the 5 percent that is correct?

5. Veryan Khan:

   Not only did it lack the correct blood pulsation for decapitation, but seems to have had the blood ‘faked’ with cornstarch.