Synonyms for correct
- verb
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Rectify — to make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from
rectify, make right, put right, amend, fix, better, re-form, mend, modify, improve, remedy, restore, repair, renew, revamp, emend
2. Chasten — to discipline; to punish
chastise, castigate formal, punish, penalize, penalise UK, reprove, disabuse, gruel, chasten dated, objurgate rare
4. Counterbalance
Other
redress, sort out, discipline, compensate, call on, pattern up, counteract, decline, slump
Adjective
1. Accurate — free from error; true; accurate
accurate, exact, right, just, precise, true, perfect, letter-perfect, so, straight, sound, nice, faultless, strict, orthodox, faithful, literal, formal
2. Proper — with good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour
proper, fitting, suitable, regular, apt, well-mannered, well-behaved, decorous, refined, polished, conformable, chaste, civilized, civilised UK, comely formal, mannerly
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
The navigator corrected the course of the ship.
- v. 2
To discipline; to punish.
- adj. 1
Free from error; true; accurate.
We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.
- adj. 2
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- corrected
e.g. corrected → rectified, amended, fixt, bettered…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- modify We want to modify the regulations of our school.
- amend The Diet is likely to amend this unpopular law.
- rectify We need to take steps to rectify the situation.
By length
- 2 letters
- so1
- 3 letters
- set1, fix1, apt1
- 4 letters
- just1, true1, nice1, edit2, mend1
- 5 letters
- right1, sound1, exact2, renew2, amend2, slump1, gruel2, emend
- 6 letters
- better2, proper2, formal2, repair2, strict1, adjust2, punish2, modify3, remedy3, revamp2, chaste1, comely2
- 7 letters
- perfect2, regular3, improve2, decline2, restore2, precise2, fitting2, literal3, refined2, rectify3, redress2, reprove, chasten2
- 8 letters
- straight1, accurate3, suitable3, faithful2, orthodox3, polished2, penalize3, chastise2, penalise, disabuse3, decorous3, mannerly
- 9 letters
- righteous2, civilized3, civilised, faultless, castigate3, objurgate
- 10 letters
- discipline3, compensate3, counteract3
- 11 letters
- conformable
- 14 letters
- counterbalance4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (edit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- corriger
- Italiano
- correggere
- Español
- corregir
- Deutsch
- korrigieren
- Català
- corregir