proper

  • (a) marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    • proper medical treatment
    • proper manners
  • (s) having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
    • wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack
    • he finally has a proper job
  • (s) limited to the thing specified
    • the city proper
    • his claim is connected with the deed proper
  • (s) 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
    right,

Synonyms

right

Antonyms

improper

See also

appropriate correct right decent decorous

Words of close approximity

propel
props
propel propyl
proper fraction properly properly speaking proper name properness proper noun propertied property propertyless property line property man property master property owner property-owning property right property settlement property tax