- proper
- adj1. suitable, appropriate, apt, apposite, apropos; fit, fitting, befitting, Brit. Dial. gradely, meet, Fr. comme il faut. according to Hoyle; expedient, advantageous, advisable; just, right, commensurate, proportionate, equitable, equivalent, correspondent; in character, in keeping, suited, adapted, compatible.2. seemly, decorous, decent, becoming; tasteful, in good taste, dignified, refined, polished, elegant, genteel; stiff, formal, strict, straight-arrow, fastidious, fussy, finicky, finical.3. accurate, precise, exact, right, correct; regular, usual, customary, accustomed, normal, routine.4. own, peculiar, distinctive, individual; innate, natural, indigenous, inherent; belonging, characteristic, representative, specific.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.