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Synonyms for correct
Synonyms for (verb) correct
Synonyms: correct Definition: treat a defect Usage: The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
Similar words: treat, care for Definition: provide treatment for Usage: The doctor treated my broken leg; The nurses cared for the bomb victims; The patient must be treated right away or she will die; Treat the infection with antibiotics
Synonyms: rectify, right, correct Definition: make right or correct Usage: Correct the mistakes; rectify the calculation
Similar words: turn, change by reversal, reverse Definition: change to the contrary Usage: The trend was reversed; the tides turned against him; public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern
Synonyms: adjust, correct, set Definition: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard Usage: Adjust the clock, please; correct the alignment of the front wheels
Similar words: alter, change, modify Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: correct, objurgate, chasten, chastise, castigate Definition: censure severely Usage: She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Similar words: call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, rag, rebuke, scold, dress down, take to task, trounce, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, jaw, berate, bawl out Definition: censure severely or angrily Usage: The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car; The deputy ragged the Prime Minister; The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
Synonyms: decline, correct, slump Definition: go down in value Usage: the stock market corrected; prices slumped
Similar words: go down, come down, fall, descend Definition: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way Usage: The temperature is going down; The barometer is falling; The curtain fell on the diva; Her hand went up and then fell again
Synonyms: compensate, redress, right, correct Definition: make reparations or amends for Usage: right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Similar words: alter, change, modify Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: sort out, correct, discipline Definition: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience Usage: The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
Similar words: penalise, penalize, punish Definition: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on Usage: The students were penalized for showing up late for class; we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again
Synonyms: make up, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, compensate Definition: adjust for Usage: engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Similar words: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize Definition: bring into balance or equilibrium Usage: She has to balance work and her domestic duties; balance the two weights
Synonyms for (adjective) correct
Synonyms: right, correct Definition: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth Usage: the correct answer; the correct version; the right answer; took the right road; the right decision
Similar words: precise, accurate, exact Definition: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct Usage: a precise image; a precise measurement
Similar words: letter-perfect, word-perfect Definition: correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words Usage: a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy; she was word-perfect in her part
Similar words: straight Definition: following a correct or logical method Usage: straight reasoning
Synonyms: right, correct Definition: correct in opinion or judgment Usage: time proved him right
Similar words: right-minded Definition: disposed toward or having views based on what is right Usage: respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have- Bertrand Russell