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
Similar words: appropriate
Definition: suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
Usage: a book not appropriate for children; a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity; it seems that an apology is appropriate
Synonyms: proper
Definition: limited to the thing specified
Usage: the city proper; his claim is connected with the deed proper
Similar words: specific
Definition: (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
Usage: rules with specific application; demands specific to the job; a specific and detailed account of the accident
Synonyms: proper
Definition: marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
Usage: proper medical treatment; proper manners
Similar words: seemly, becoming, decent, decorous, comely, comme il faut
Definition: according with custom or propriety
Usage: her becoming modesty; comely behavior; it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money; a decent burial; seemly behavior
Definition: socially right or correct
Usage: it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye; correct behavior
Definition: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
Usage: what's the right word for this?; the right way to open oysters
Similar words: fitting
Definition: in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
Usage: We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this
Similar words: halal
Definition: proper or legitimate
Usage: the fund earns halal profits in full compliance with the Shari'a
Similar words: kosher
Definition: proper or legitimate
Similar words: victorian, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical
Definition: exaggeratedly proper
Usage: my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: real
Definition: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
Usage: the real reason; real war; a real friend; a real woman; meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal; it's time he had a real job; it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money