Synonyms for proper

Similarity of adj proper

4 senses of proper

Sense 1:

proper (vs. improper)
becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemlycorrect, rightcorrect, rightfittinghalalkosherpriggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian

Also See: appropriate#1; correct#1, right#2; decent#3; decorous#1; right#4

Sense 2:

proper(prenominal)
real(prenominal) (vs. unreal)

Sense 3:

proper(postnominal)
specific (vs. general) (vs. nonspecific)

Sense 4:

proper, right
appropriate (vs. inappropriate)