| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A privilege granted a person, as by virtue of birth: appanage, birthright, perquisite, prerogative. Law : droit. See OWNED. 2. Conferred power: authority, faculty, mandate. Law : competence, competency. See ABILITY. | | VERB: | 1. To make right what is wrong: amend, correct, emend, mend, rectify, redress, reform, remedy. See CORRECT. 2. To restore to proper condition or functioning: doctor, fix, fix up, mend, overhaul, patch, repair1, revamp. Idioms: set right. See HELP. 3. To restore to or place in an upright or proper position: stand (up). See HORIZONTAL. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Conforming to fact: accurate, correct, exact, faithful, precise, rigorous, true, veracious, veridical. See CORRECT, HONEST, REAL, TRUE. 2. Having no errors: accurate, correct, errorless, exact, precise, rigorous. See CORRECT, TRUE. 3. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place: appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, correct, felicitous, fit1, fitting, happy, meet2, proper, tailor-made. See RIGHT. 4. Strongly favoring retention of the existing order: conservative, orthodox, rightist, right-wing, Tory, traditionalist, traditionalistic. See KEEP. 5. Conforming to accepted standards: becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, de rigueur, nice, proper, respectable, seemly. See COURTESY. 6. In accordance with principles of right or good conduct: ethical, moral, principled, proper, righteous, rightful, right-minded, virtuous. See RIGHT. 7. Having good health: fit1, hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, sound2, well2, whole, wholesome. Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle. See HEALTH. 8. Consistent with prevailing or accepted standards or circumstances: appropriate, deserved, due, fit1, fitting, just, merited, proper, rightful, suitable. See RIGHT. | | ADVERB: | 1. In a direct line: dead, direct, directly, due, straight, straightaway. See STRAIGHT. 2. With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, flush, just, precisely, smack1, square, squarely, straight. Slang : smack-dab. See PRECISE.
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