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synonym (synonym of correct)

  • (verb.change)
    rectify, right
    make right or correct (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.social)
    compensate, redress, right
    make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate
    censure severely (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up
    adjust for (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.social)
    discipline, sort out
    punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.change)
    decline, drop, slump
    go down in value (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    adjust, set
    alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard (verb.change)
     
  • (adj.all)
    right
    free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth (adj.all)
     

antonym (antonym of correct)

  • (adj.all)
    incorrect, wrong
    not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth (adj.all)
     
  • (verb.social)
    wrong
    treat unjustly; do wrong to (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.change)
    falsify
    falsify knowingly (verb.change)
     

also (also)

  • free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth (adj.all)
    accurate
    conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    proper
    marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    true
    consistent with fact or reality; not false (adj.all)
     
  • make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
    compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up
    adjust for (verb.stative)
     

similar (similar with correct)

  • correct in opinion or judgment (adj.all)
    right-minded
    disposed toward or having views based on what is right (adj.all)
     
  • free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth (adj.all)
    accurate, exact, precise
    (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    letter-perfect, word-perfect
    correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    straight
    following a correct or logical method (adj.all)
     
  • socially right or correct (adj.all)
    proper, proper
    marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness (adj.all)
     

hypernym (correct IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • adjust for (verb.stative)
    balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize
    bring into balance or equilibrium (verb.stative)
     
  • alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard (verb.change)
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change)
     
  • censure severely (verb.communication)
    bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce
    censure severely or angrily (verb.communication)
     
  • go down in value (verb.motion)
    come down, descend, fall, go down
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (verb.motion)
     
  • make right or correct (verb.change)
    change by reversal, reverse, turn
    change to the contrary (verb.change)
     
  • punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience (verb.social)
    penalise, penalize, punish
    impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on (verb.social)
     
  • treat a defect (verb.body)
    care for, treat
    provide treatment for (verb.body)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF correct relation)

  • adjust for (verb.stative)
    carry
    compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    compensate, cover, overcompensate
    make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative)
     
  • alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard (verb.change)
    proportion
    adjust in size relative to other things (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    modulate
    adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    temper
    adjust the pitch (of pianos) (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    tune, tune up
    adjust the pitches of (musical instruments) (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    calibrate, fine-tune, graduate
    make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    time
    adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    trim
    adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    zero, zero in
    adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun) (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    zero
    adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    readjust, reset
    adjust again after an initial failure (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    attune
    adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    set
    set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    modulate, regulate
    fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen
    put (an image) into focus (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    sync, synchronise, synchronize
    make synchronous and adjust in time or manner (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    pressurise, pressurize
    increase the pressure in or of (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    decompress, depressurise, depressurize
    decrease the pressure of (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    fit, match
    make correspond or harmonize (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    plumb
    adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    align, coordinate, ordinate
    bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    harmonise, harmonize, reconcile
    bring into consonance or accord (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    linearise, linearize
    make linear or get into a linear form (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    justify
    adjust the spaces between words (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    citify
    accustom to urban ways (verb.change)
     
  • censure severely (verb.communication)
    flame
    criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium (verb.communication)
     
  • make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
    over-correct, overcompensate
    make excessive corrections for fear of making an error (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    aby, abye, atone, expiate
    make amends for (verb.social)
     
  • make right or correct (verb.change)
    amend, rectify, remediate, remedy, repair
    set straight or right (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    debug
    locate and correct errors in a computer program code (verb.change)
     

attribute (correct is an attribute of ....)

  • free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth (adj.all)
    correctness, rightness
    conformity to fact or truth (noun.attribute)
     

derivation (.... is derived from correct)

  • adjust for (verb.stative)
    balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer
    a weight that balances another weight (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.possession)
    counterbalance, offset
    a compensating equivalent (noun.possession)
     
  • alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard (verb.change)
    adjustment, readjustment, registration
    the act of adjusting something to match a standard (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    adjuster, adjustor, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor
    one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    adjustive
    conducive to adjustment (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    adjustable
    capable of being regulated (adj.all)
     
  • censure severely (verb.communication)
    castigation, chastisement
    verbal punishment (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    chiding, objurgation, scolding, tongue-lashing
    rebuking a person harshly (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over, upbraiding
    a severe scolding (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    chastening, chastisement, correction
    a rebuke for making a mistake (noun.communication)
     
  • (adj.all)
    corrective, disciplinal, disciplinary
    designed to promote discipline (adj.all)
     
  • correct in opinion or judgment (adj.all)
    appropriateness, rightness
    appropriate conduct; doing the right thing (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    correctness
    the quality of conformity to social expectations (noun.attribute)
     
  • free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth (adj.all)
    correctness, rightness
    conformity to fact or truth (noun.attribute)
     
  • make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
    redress, remediation, remedy
    act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    compensation, recompense
    the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    right
    an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.possession)
    compensation
    something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession)
     
  • (noun.possession)
    amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution
    a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury (noun.possession)
     
  • make right or correct (verb.change)
    correction, rectification
    the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right (noun.act)
     
  • punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience (verb.social)
    correction, discipline
    the act of punishing (noun.act)
     
  • (adj.all)
    corrigible
    capable of being corrected or set right (adj.all)
     
  • socially right or correct (adj.all)
    correctness, correctness
    the quality of conformity to social expectations (noun.attribute)
     
  • treat a defect (verb.body)
    corrective
    tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition (adj.all)
     
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