Synonyms for Proper
ˈprɒp ərprop·er

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1. properadjective

   Suitable.

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

   Antonyms:
   wrong, imprudent, bad, incorrect, insensible

2. properadjective

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

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

3. properadjective

   Synonyms:
   honorable, just, appropriate

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, dishonorable, unjust

4. properadjective

   Synonyms:
   sweeping, comprehensive, royal, intensive

   Antonyms:
   slapdash, partial, incomplete, superficial

5. properadjective

   Synonyms:
   full, complete

   Antonyms:
   incomplete

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.

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

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

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

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1. proper

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

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

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1. properadjective

   marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

   "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

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

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

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"

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

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

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1. mannered

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2019  

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1. properadjective

   Synonyms:
   particular, peculiar, individual, special, specific, not common

2. properadjective

   Synonyms:
   fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, meet, seemly, convenient, adapted, becoming, right, legitimate

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1. properadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   improper, inappropriate, unsuitable

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1. List of paraphrases for "proper":

   appropriate, adequate, suitable, correct, good, right, sound, due, decent, real, genuine, fit, true, properly, own, duly, relevant, fitting, correctly, fair, reasonable, accurate, sufficient

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1. Thomas Hood (1799-1845), in the poem called No!:

   No sun - no moon! No morn - no noon - No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November!

2. Eric Adams:

   I talked about this on the campaign trail. Our team has done the proper analysis. And now we're going to deploy that.

3. James Joyce:

   I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring, as is proper and correct, and Alexander Pope was inevitably Alexander Pope. Colley Cibber was a silly little man without much elegance and Shelley was very Percy and very Bysshe.

4. Segun Awosanya:

   Whatever it is that Alhaji Lai Mohammed had said at his press conference... is not the proper way that such an issue should be addressed in a nation that wants healing, justice and wants to win the trust of the public.

5. David Madden:

   We haven't seen proper volatility in about two years.