correct

Adjective
  1. Free from error;
    Especially conforming to fact or truth (synset 300634232)
    "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
    also:
    • accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
    • proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    • true - consistent with fact or reality; not false
    tells us about: correctness, rightness - conformity to fact or truth
    similar to:
    • accurate, exact, precise - (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
    • letter-perfect, word-perfect - correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words
    • straight - following a correct or logical method
    same as: right
  2. Socially right or correct (synset 301885314)
    "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
    similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    same as: right
  3. In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure (synset 301885517)
    "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
    similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    same as: right
  4. Correct in opinion or judgment (synset 300636250)
    "time proved him right"
    similar to: right-minded - disposed toward or having views based on what is right
    same as: right
Verb
  1. Make right or correct (synset 200200023)
    "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
    is a type of: change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary
    subtypes:
    same as: rectify, right
  2. Make reparations or amends for (synset 202525657)
    "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    same as: compensate, redress, right
  3. Censure severely (synset 200825981)
    "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
    is a type of: 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, scold, take to task, trounce - censure severely or angrily
    subtypes: flame - criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
    same as: castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate
  4. Adjust for (synset 202678329)
    "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
    is a type of: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize - bring into balance or equilibrium
    subtypes:
    • carry - compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
    • compensate, cover, overcompensate - make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
    same as: compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up
  5. Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience (synset 202559125)
    "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
    is a type of: penalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
    same as: discipline, sort out
  6. Go down in value (synset 201975617)
    "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
    is a type of: come down, descend, fall, go down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    same as: decline, slump
  7. Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard (synset 200296959)
    "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    same as: adjust, set
  8. Treat a defect (synset 200079223)
    "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
    is a type of: care for, treat - provide treatment for

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