| correct | | |
| v. (change) | 1. correct, rectify, right | make right or correct.; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| ~ change by reversal, reverse, turn | change to the contrary.; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" |
| ~ remediate, remedy, amend, rectify, repair | set straight or right.; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" |
| ~ debug | locate and correct errors in a computer program code.; "debug this program" |
| v. (social) | 2. compensate, correct, redress, right | make reparations or amends for.; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ over-correct, overcompensate | make excessive corrections for fear of making an error. |
| ~ aby, abye, atone, expiate | make amends for.; "expiate one's sins" |
| v. (communication) | 3. castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate | censure severely.; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" |
| ~ flame | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium.; "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed" |
| ~ bawl out, berate, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, rebuke, reproof, scold, take to task, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, reprimand, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag | censure severely or angrily.; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" |
| v. (stative) | 4. compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up | adjust for.; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" |
| ~ carry | compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.; "I resent having to carry her all the time" |
| ~ overcompensate, compensate, cover | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities.; "he is compensating for being a bad father" |
| ~ balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate | bring into balance or equilibrium.; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" |
| v. (social) | 5. correct, discipline, sort out | punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience.; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" |
| ~ penalise, penalize, punish | impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on.; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" |
| v. (motion) | 6. correct, decline, slump | go down in value.; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (change) | 7. adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ proportion | adjust in size relative to other things. |
| ~ modulate | adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of. |
| ~ temper | adjust the pitch (of pianos). |
| ~ tune, tune up | adjust the pitches of (musical instruments).; "My piano needs to be tuned" |
| ~ calibrate, fine-tune, graduate | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" |
| ~ tune, tune up | adjust for (better) functioning.; "tune the engine" |
| ~ time | adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time.; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely" |
| ~ trim | adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used. |
| ~ zero, zero in | adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun).; "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" |
| ~ zero | adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value. |
| ~ readjust, reset | adjust again after an initial failure. |
| ~ attune | adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with. |
| ~ time | regulate or set the time of.; "time the clock" |
| ~ set | set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly.; "set clocks or instruments" |
| ~ regulate, modulate | fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of.; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" |
| ~ focalise, focalize, sharpen, focus | put (an image) into focus.; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie" |
| ~ sync, synchronize, synchronise | make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.; "Let's synchronize our efforts" |
| ~ pressurise, pressurize | increase the pressure in or of.; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort" |
| ~ depressurise, depressurize, decompress | decrease the pressure of.; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane" |
| ~ match, fit | make correspond or harmonize.; "Match my sweater" |
| ~ plumb | adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical. |
| ~ ordinate, align, coordinate | bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation.; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" |
| ~ reconcile, harmonise, harmonize | bring into consonance or accord.; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities" |
| ~ linearise, linearize | make linear or get into a linear form.; "a catalyst linearizes polyethylene" |
| ~ justify | adjust the spaces between words.; "justify the margins" |
| ~ citify | accustom to urban ways.; "Immigration will citify the country?" |
| v. (body) | 8. correct | treat a defect.; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| adj. | 9. correct, right | 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" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| ~ accurate, exact, precise | (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct.; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" |
| ~ letter-perfect, word-perfect | correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words.; "a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy"; "she was word-perfect in her part" |
| ~ straight | following a correct or logical method.; "straight reasoning" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| adj. | 10. correct, right | socially right or correct.; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| adj. | 11. correct, right | in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| adj. | 12. correct, right | correct in opinion or judgment.; "time proved him right" |
| ~ right-minded | disposed toward or having views based on what is right.; "respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have" |
| enough | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. enough, sufficiency | an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose.; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" |
| ~ relative quantity | a quantity relative to some purpose. |
| ~ fill | a quantity sufficient to satisfy.; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip" |
| adj. | 2. adequate, decent, enough | sufficient for the purpose.; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" |
| ~ sufficient | of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant.; "sufficient food" |
| adv. | 3. enough, plenty | as much as necessary.; "Have I eaten enough?"; "I've had plenty, thanks" |
| exact | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. demand, exact | claim as due or just.; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" |
| ~ command | demand as one's due.; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers" |
| ~ claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example.; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount" |
| ~ call in, call | demand payment of (a loan).; "Call a loan" |
| v. (communication) | 2. claim, exact, take | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" |
| ~ necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take | require as useful, just, or proper.; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" |
| ~ necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take | require as useful, just, or proper.; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" |
| adj. | 3. exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| ~ verbatim, direct | in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker.; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" |
| ~ literal | without interpretation or embellishment.; "a literal depiction of the scene before him" |
| ~ mathematical | characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics.; "mathematical precision" |
| ~ perfect | precisely accurate or exact.; "perfect timing" |
| ~ photographic | representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph. |
| ~ rigorous, strict | rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard.; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" |
| ~ literal | limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text.; "a literal translation" |
| ~ perfect | being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish.; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" |
| ~ precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited.; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" |
| adj. | 4. accurate, exact, precise | (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct.; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" |
| ~ correct, right | 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" |
| fitting | | |
| n. (event) | 1. accommodation, adjustment, fitting | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. |
| ~ readjustment | the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances). |
| ~ domestication | accommodation to domestic life.; "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication" |
| ~ habituation | a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions. |
| ~ betterment, improvement, advance | a change for the better; progress in development. |
| ~ shakedown | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state.; "the new industry's economic shakedown" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. fitting | a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system. |
| ~ accessory, add-on, appurtenance, supplement | a supplementary component that improves capability. |
| ~ gas fitting | the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building. |
| ~ pipe fitting, pipefitting | fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together. |
| ~ receptacle | an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. appointment, fitting | (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel). |
| ~ furnishing | (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable. |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| n. (act) | 4. fitting, try-on, trying on | putting clothes on to see whether they fit. |
| ~ trial, run, test | the act of testing something.; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" |
| adj. | 5. fitting | in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion.; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| adj. | 6. fitting, meet | being precisely fitting and right.; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" |
| ~ just | used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting.; "a just and lasting peace"; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" |
| right | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| ~ access | the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership). |
| ~ advowson | the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice. |
| ~ cabotage | the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders. |
| ~ claim, title | an informal right to something.; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" |
| ~ due | that which is deserved or owed.; "give the devil his due" |
| ~ access, admittance, entree, admission, accession | the right to enter. |
| ~ floor | the parliamentary right to address an assembly.; "the chairman granted him the floor" |
| ~ grant | a right or privilege that has been granted. |
| ~ human right | (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law). |
| ~ legal right | a right based in law. |
| ~ pre-emption, preemption | the right to purchase something in advance of others. |
| ~ exclusive right, prerogative, perquisite, privilege | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right).; "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" |
| ~ privilege | (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship. |
| ~ representation | the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body. |
| ~ right of action | the legal right to sue. |
| ~ right of search | the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them. |
| ~ right of way | the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another. |
| ~ states' rights | the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution. |
| ~ voting right | the right to vote; especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company. |
| ~ riparian right, water right | right of access to water. |
| ~ abstract, abstraction | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| n. (location) | 2. right | location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east.; "he stood on the right" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| ~ right stage, stage right | the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. right, right field, rightfield | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right. |
| ~ outfield | the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| n. (group) | 4. right, right wing | those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged. |
| ~ faction, sect | a dissenting clique. |
| ~ religious right | United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools. |
| ~ hard right | the extreme right wing. |
| n. (body) | 5. right, right hand | the hand that is on the right side of the body.; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" |
| ~ hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| n. (act) | 6. right | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east.; "take a right at the corner" |
| ~ turning, turn | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.; "he took a turn to the right" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. right, rightfulness | anything in accord with principles of justice.; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" |
| ~ justice, justness | the quality of being just or fair. |
| n. (possession) | 8. right | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.; "mineral rights"; "film rights" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ stake, interest | (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something.; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future" |
| v. (motion) | 9. right | put in or restore to an upright position.; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ right | regain an upright or proper position.; "The capsized boat righted again" |
| v. (motion) | 10. right | regain an upright or proper position.; "The capsized boat righted again" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ right | put in or restore to an upright position.; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
| adj. | 11. right | being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north.; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream" |
| ~ right-handed | using or intended for the right hand.; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" |
| ~ far | being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle.; "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse" |
| ~ rightmost | farthest to the right.; "in the rightmost line of traffic" |
| ~ right-hand | located on or directed toward the right.; "a right-hand turn" |
| ~ starboard | located on the right side of a ship or aircraft. |
| adj. | 12. right | in conformance with justice or law or morality.; "do the right thing and confess" |
| ~ ethical | conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior.; "an ethical lawyer"; "ethical medical practice"; "an ethical problem"; "had no ethical objection to drinking"; "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants" |
| ~ good | morally admirable. |
| ~ just | used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting.; "a just and lasting peace"; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| ~ honourable, ethical, honorable | adhering to ethical and moral principles.; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action" |
| adj. | 13. proper, right | appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" |
| ~ appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" |
| adj. | 14. right | of or belonging to the political or intellectual right. |
| ~ conservative | resistant to change. |
| ~ conservative | having social or political views favoring conservatism. |
| ~ old-line, oldline | adhering to conservative or reactionary principles.; "an oldline senator" |
| ~ far-right, reactionary, reactionist | extremely conservative. |
| ~ rightish | tending toward the political right. |
| ~ right-wing, rightist | believing in or supporting tenets of the political right. |
| adj. | 15. right | in or into a satisfactory condition.; "things are right again now"; "put things right" |
| ~ satisfactory | giving satisfaction.; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" |
| adj. | 16. right, right-hand | intended for the right hand.; "a right-hand glove" |
| ~ right-handed | using or intended for the right hand.; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" |
| adj. | 17. right | having the axis perpendicular to the base.; "a right angle" |
| ~ geometry | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces. |
| ~ perpendicular | intersecting at or forming right angles.; "the axes are perpendicular to each other" |
| adj. | 18. right | (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward.; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" |
| ~ outside | relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit.; "an outside margin" |
| adj. | 19. good, right, ripe | most suitable or right for a particular purpose.; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" |
| ~ opportune | suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose.; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival" |
| adj. | 20. right, veracious | precisely accurate.; "a veracious account" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| adv. | 21. right | precisely, exactly.; "stand right here!" |
| adv. | 22. right | immediately.; "she called right after dinner" |
| adv. | 23. flop, right | exactly.; "he fell flop on his face" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| adv. | 24. right | toward or on the right; also used figuratively.; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" |
| adv. | 25. decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way | in the right manner.; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" |
| adv. | 26. right, right on | an interjection expressing agreement. |
| adv. | 27. right | completely.; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" |
| adv. | 28. mightily, mighty, powerful, right | (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree.; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| adv. | 29. justly, right | in accordance with moral or social standards.; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" |
| adv. | 30. aright, correctly, right | in an accurate manner.; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" |
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