proper
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
proper medical treatment
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
everything in its proper place
Related & opposite
- propriety derivation
- appropriate similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | appropriate |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | correct |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | decent |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | decorous |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | right |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | improper |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | propriety |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | propriety |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | comely |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | correct |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | correct |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | fitting |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | halal |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | kosher |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | prissy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | propriety |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | appropriate |