Defenition of the word proper
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Defenition of the word proper
- limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper"
- marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"
- having all the qualities typical of the thing specified; "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job"
- appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"
- appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
- limited to the thing specified
- marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
- having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
Synonyms for the word proper
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- absolute
- accurate
- apposite
- appropriate
- apt
- characteristic
- correct
- courteous
- decorous
- fit
- fitting
- formal
- genteel
- good
- good-looking
- handsome
- identifiable
- individual
- modest
- own
- peculiar
- personal
- polite
- prim
- respectable
- right
- suitable
- utter
- virtuous
Similar words in the proper
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- appropriate
- becoming
- comely
- comme il faut
- correct
- decent
- decorous
- fitting
- halal
- kosher
- priggish
- prim
- prissy
- proper
- properer
- properest
- properly
- propertied
- properties
- property
- property's
- prudish
- puritanical
- real
- right
- seemly
- specific
- square-toed
- straight-laced
- straightlaced
- strait-laced
- straitlaced
- tight-laced
- victorian
Hypernyms for the word proper
Antonyms for the word proper
Idioms for the word proper
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