Synonyms of the word

proper

• adj. (heading) Suitable.
• adj. (heading) Possessed, related.
• adj. (heading) Accurate, strictly applied.
• adv. (Scotland) properly; thoroughly; completely.
• adv. (nonstandard, slang) properly.

appropriate

• adj. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
• adj. Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
• adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially…
• v. (transitive, archaic) To make suitable; to suit.
• v. (transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
• v. (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all…
• v. (transitive, Britain, ecclesiastical, law) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation,…

becoming

• v. present participle of become.
• n. (chiefly philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes.
• adj. pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous.
• adj. decent, respectable.

comely

• adj. (dated, of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
• adj. (archaic) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.

correct

• adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
• adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
• v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
• v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
• v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

decent

• adj. (obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
• adj. (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other…
• adj. (informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
• adj. Fair; good enough; okay.
• adj. Significant; substantial.
• adj. (obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.

decorous

• adj. Marked by proper behavior.

fitting

• v. present participle of fit.
• v. (informal, US, with infinitive) Ready, preparing.
• adj. Ready, appropriate, or in keeping.
• n. A small detachable part of a device or machine.
• n. (engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of…
• n. The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
• n. (manufacturing) The process of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling…
• n. (chiefly Britain) A domestic moveable piece of furniture, which can be taken along when moving out, US…
• n. (uncountable) The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.

halal

• adj. (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
• adj. (Islam) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
• v. (transitive) To make halal.

kosher

• adj. (Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).
• adj. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice.
• v. (transitive) To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish…

priggish

• adj. Like a prig.

prim

• adj. prudish, straight-laced.
• adj. formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice.
• v. (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
• v. (dated) To dress or act smartly.
• n. (plants) privet.

prissy

• adj. excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
• adj. well-mannered, well-behaved.
• n. A person who is excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.

prudish

• adj. of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

puritanical

• adj. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
• adj. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; — often used…
• n. One who holds puritanical attitudes.

real

• adj. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
• adj. Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
• adj. Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
• adj. Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
• adj. That has objective, physical existence.
• adj. (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast…
• adj. (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic…
• adj. (mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence…
• adj. (law) Relating to immovable tangible property.
• adj. Absolute, complete, utter.
• adj. (slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess…
• adv. (US, colloquial) Really, very.
• n. A commodity; see realty.
• n. (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
• n. (mathematics) A real number.
• n. (obsolete) A realist.
• n. Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
• n. A coin worth one real.
• n. A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until…
• n. A coin worth one real.
• n. A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
• n. A coin worth one real.

right

• adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
• adj. Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two…
• adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
• adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
• adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
• adj. Real; veritable.
• adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
• adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
• adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points…
• adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
• adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
• adv. On the right side.
• adv. Towards the right side.
• interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
• interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
• interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
• interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
• interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
• n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
• n. A legal or moral entitlement.
• n. The right side or direction.
• n. The right hand.
• n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
• n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
• v. To correct.
• v. To set upright.
• v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
• v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
• adv. Exactly, precisely.
• adv. Immediately, directly.
• adv. (Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
• adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
• adv. In a correct manner.
• adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.

seemly

• adj. (of behavior) Appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
• adv. Appropriately, fittingly.

specific

• adj. explicit or definite.
• adj. (sciences) Pertaining to a species.
• adj. (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species.
• adj. special, distinctive or unique.
• adj. intended for, or applying to a particular thing.
• adj. being a remedy for a particular disease.
• adj. (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
• adj. (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
• adj. (physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust…
• adj. (physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit…
• n. A distinguishing attribute or quality.
• n. A specific remedy.
• n. Specification.
• n. (in the plural) The details; particulars.

straight-laced

• adj. Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish.

straightlaced

• adj. Alternative form of straight-laced.

strait-laced

• adj. Alternative spelling of straight-laced.
• adj. Bound with stays.

straitlaced

• adj. Alternative spelling of straight-laced.

suitable

• adj. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

suited

• v. simple past tense and past participle of suit.
• adj. (poker, of two or more cards) Of the same suit.

tight-laced

• adj. strait-laced.