proper

Meanings

Adjective

• Suitable.
• Possessed, related.
• Accurate, strictly applied.

Adverb

• properly; thoroughly; completely.
• properly.

Noun

• Something set apart for a special use.

Related

Similar words

• correct, right, apt, prudent, upright, sensible, fitting
• appropriate, decent, good, polite, right, well-mannered, upright
• appropriate, just, honorable
• comprehensive, royal, sweeping, intensive
• strictly speaking, properly speaking, par excellence
• full, complete
• complete, right , total, utter

Opposite words

• incorrect, wrong, bad, imprudent, insensible, improper
• inappropriate, indecent, bad, impolite, wrong, ill-mannered, unseemly
• inappropriate, unjust, dishonorable
• partial, incomplete, superficial, slapdash
• incomplete

Origin

• From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius.