Antonyms for proper
ˈprɒp ərprop·er

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1. properadjective

   Suitable.

   Antonyms:
   wrong, imprudent, bad, incorrect, insensible

   Synonyms:
   right, sensible, correct, apt, fitting, prudent

2. properadjective

   Antonyms:
   wrong, bad, ill-mannered, inappropriate, impolite, unseemly, indecent

   Synonyms:
   appropriate, decent, right, good, well-mannered, polite

3. properadjective

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, dishonorable, unjust

   Synonyms:
   honorable, just, appropriate

4. properadjective

   Antonyms:
   slapdash, partial, incomplete, superficial

   Synonyms:
   sweeping, comprehensive, royal, intensive

5. properadjective

   Antonyms:
   incomplete

   Synonyms:
   full, complete

6. properadjective

   Synonyms:
   total, right, utter, complete

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1. proper

   That is becoming in dress which suits the complexion, figure, and other qualities of the wearer, so as to produce on the whole a pleasing effect. That is decent which does not offend modesty or propriety. That is suitable which is adapted to the age, station, situation, and other circumstances of the wearer; coarse, heavy boots are suitable for farm-work; a juvenile style of dress is not suitable for an old lady. In conduct much the same rules apply. The dignity and gravity of a patriarch would not be becoming to a child; at a funeral lively, cheery sociability would not be decorous, while noisy hilarity would not be decent; sumptuous display would not be suitable for a poor person. Fit is a compendious term for whatever fits the person, time, place, occasion, etc.; as, a fit person; a fit abode; a fit place. Fitting, or befitting, is somewhat more elegant, implying a nicer adaptation. Meet, a somewhat archaic word, expresses a moral fitness; as, meet for heaven. Compare BEAUTIFUL.

   Antonyms:
   awkward, ill-becoming, ill-fitting, improper, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable

   Synonyms:
   becoming, befitting, beseeming, comely, congruous, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, graceful, meet, neat, seemly, suitable, worthy

   Preposition:
   The dress was becoming to the wearer. Such conduct was becoming in him.

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1. proper

   Antonyms:
   common, inappertinent, alien, universal, nonspecial, unbefitting, unadapted, unsuited, unsuitable, inappropriate, wrong, indecent, unbecoming, improper

   Synonyms:
   peculiar, appertinent, personal, own, constitutional, special, befitting, adapted, suited, suitable, appropriate, just, fair, equitable, right, decent, becoming, fit

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1. properadjective

   marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

   "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

   Antonyms:
   indecent, out-of-the-way, unseemly, inappropriate, untoward, general, unbecoming, wrong, indecorous, uncomely, nonspecific, incorrect, unreal, improper

   Synonyms:
   proper(a), right, proper(ip)

2. proper(a)adjective

   having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

   "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job"

   Antonyms:
   unreal, indecent, general, improper, unbecoming, nonspecific, incorrect, inappropriate, unseemly, out-of-the-way, uncomely, indecorous, untoward, wrong

3. proper(ip)adjective

   limited to the thing specified

   "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper"

   Antonyms:
   untoward, improper, unreal, incorrect, wrong, indecorous, inappropriate, nonspecific, general, indecent, out-of-the-way, unseemly, unbecoming, uncomely

4. proper, rightadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unreal, indecorous, improper, out-of-the-way, unseemly, uncomely, unbecoming, nonspecific, general, inappropriate, incorrect, wrong, indecent, untoward

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

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1. properadjective

   Antonyms:
   improper, inappropriate, unsuitable

   Synonyms:
   appropriate, meet, suitable, seemly, condign, appertinent, conformable, consistent, apposite, decorous, conventional, formal, sedate, demure

How to use proper in a sentence?

1. Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz:

   We give them a proper shave, they will take a shower, winter clothing and treatment will follow, we will return them as normal members of society.

2. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   There will be plenty of time in the months ahead for proper tributes and farewells, but for now let me just say that President Obama, Chairman Dempsey and I could not have been better served.

3. Abu Rida:

   The site we are talking about is 2,000 square meters and 10 meters deep and requires hundreds of workers and millions of dollars to carry out proper excavation to extract pieces and read the texts written on them.

4. Shaka Johnson:

   And heres why, heres why: They were improperly trained and did not have the proper equipment by which to effectuate their job.

5. Jack London:

   The proper function of man is to live - not to exist.

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