Antonyms 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.

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

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

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1. correct

   Antonyms:
   false, untrue, incorrect, faulty, wrong

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

2. correctverb

   Antonyms:
   spare, falsify, corrupt

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

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1. • Change
   • Fall
   • Treat

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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"

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

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

2. correct, rightadjective

   socially right or correct

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

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

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

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"

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

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

4. right, correctverb

   correct in opinion or judgment

   "time proved him right"

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

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

5. correct, rectify, rightverb

   make right or correct

   "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

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

   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

6. right, compensate, redress, correctverb

   make reparations or amends for

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

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

   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

7. chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correctverb

   censure severely

   "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

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

   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

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

   adjust for

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

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

   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

9. discipline, correct, sort outverb

   punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

   "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

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

   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

10. decline, slump, correctverb

    go down in value

    "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

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

    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

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"

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

    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

12. correctverb

    treat a defect

    "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"

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

    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

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1. correctadjective

   Antonyms:
   incorrect, erroneous

   Synonyms:
   accurate, right, exact, precise

2. correctverb

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

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   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use correct in a sentence?

1. Heather Shaner:

   She was played, and she did not want to go back on the air and correct what happened to her on-air. It is very difficult for an individual to appear on Fox News, or even on the other networks, where they are really less interested in the truth than they are in creating sensation and entertaining. Fox News was Fox News.

2. Ben Carson:

   I've got to tell you something. I'm not politically correct, and I'm probably never going to be politically correct because I'm not a politician, politicians do what is politically expedient, and I want to do what's right.

3. Prime Minister K.P. Oli:

   I am prepared to work with other parties, address their genuine concerns through talks and correct any past mistakes.

4. Proverb:

   Our proverbs are sacred and correct.

5. Yana Gallen:

   When you look at time use data, women are more correct than men.

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