Antonyms for proper

Antonyms for (adj) proper

Main entry: proper

Definition: marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

Usage: proper medical treatment; proper manners

Antonyms: improper

Definition: not suitable or right or appropriate


Antonyms: wrong, wrongfulness

Definition: that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law


Antonyms: left

Definition: location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east


Antonyms: wrong

Definition: treat unjustly; do wrong to


Antonyms: wrong, incorrect

Definition: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth


Antonyms: wrong

Definition: based on or acting or judging in error


Antonyms: left

Definition: of or belonging to the political or intellectual left


Antonyms: center

Definition: of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually


Antonyms: left

Definition: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north


Antonyms: wrong

Definition: contrary to conscience or morality or law


Antonyms: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly

Definition: in an inaccurate manner


Antonyms: left

Definition: toward or on the left; also used figuratively


Antonyms: falsify

Definition: falsify knowingly


Antonyms: indecent

Definition: offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters


Antonyms: indecorous, indelicate

Definition: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct


Main entry: proper

Definition: limited to the thing specified

Usage: the city proper; his claim is connected with the deed proper

Antonyms: general

Definition: a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)


Antonyms: general

Definition: applying to all or most members of a category or group


Antonyms: nonspecific

Definition: not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides


Main entry: proper

Definition: having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

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

Antonyms: unreal

Definition: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria


Antonyms: unreal

Definition: not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary


Antonyms: nominal

Definition: of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation


Main entry: right, proper

Definition: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

Usage: everything in its proper place; the right man for the job; she is not suitable for the position

Antonyms: inappropriate

Definition: not suitable for a particular occasion etc


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