Correct

Adjective

 * 1) Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
 * 2) With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

Verb

 * 1)  To make something that was not valid become right.  To remove error.
 * He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.
 * 1)  To grade (examination papers).
 * 2)  To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
 * It's rude to correct your parents.

Adverbs for Correct
strictly; formally; fashionably; habitually; ordinarily; positively; uncompromisingly; rigidly; stiffly; insistently; absurdly; carefully; arrogantly; affectedly; ostentatiously pretentiously; pompously; meticulously; punctiliously; dependably;  scrupulously infallibly; uncannily; disturbingly; unimpeachably; mathematically;   insatiably; avidly, painstakingly; constructively; helpfully; sufficiently; harshly; courteously; agreeably; adequately; reasonably; grammatically; infallibly; tactfully; rudely; crudely; curtly; sincerely; obnoxiously.

Synonyms for Correct

 * (verb) repair, reform, improve, remedy, reprove, amend, rectify, chastise, punish.

Antonyms for Correct

 * (verb) coddle, pamper, indulge, soften.
 * (adjective) incorrect, inaccurate

Derived terms

 * correctly
 * hypercorrect
 * incorrect

Related terms

 * correctable
 * correction
 * uncorrectable

Thesaurus
Christian, OK, absolute, accepted, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, according to Hoyle, accurate, acknowledged, adapt, adapt to, adjectival, adjust, adjust to, admitted, admonish, adverbial, agree with, all right, ameliorate, amend, annul, appropriate, approved, apt, assimilate to, attentive, attributive, authentic, authoritative, awaken, be guided by, becoming, befitting, being done, bend, berate, better, blame, blue-pencil, break the spell, bring to account, bring to book, burst the bubble, call to account, cancel, canonical, careful, castigate, censure, change, chasten, chastise, chide, chime in with, close, comely, comme il faut, compensate, comply, comply with, compose, condign, conform, conformable, conforming, conjunctive, conscientious, conventional, copulative, correspond, counteract, counterbalance, critical, cure, customary, de rigueur, dead right, deal with, debunk, decent, decorous, delicate, demanding, detailed, disabuse, disappoint, discipline, disenchant, disillude, disillusion, disillusionize, done, due, edit, emend, emendate, enlighten, established, evangelical, exact, exacting, exigent, expose, exquisite, factual, faithful, fall in with, faultless, felicitous, fine, finical, finicking, finicky, firm, fit, fitting, fix, flawless, follow, formal, functional, fussy, gear to, give satisfaction, glossematic, go by, good, good-mannered, grade, grammatic, happy, harmonize, have words with, impeccable, improve, in order, inflict upon, inspired, intransitive, just, just right, kosher, lecture, let down easy, let in on, letter-perfect, linking, literal, make all square, make conform, make good, make over, make right, make up for, mannerly, mark, masthead, meet, mend, meticulous, minute, modify, mold, narrow, natural, neutralize, nice, nominal, normal, normative, nullify, objurgate, observe, of the faith, offset, okay, orthodox, orthodoxical, participial, particular, pay reparations, penalize, perfect, pillory, postpositional, precise, precisianistic, precisionistic, prepositional, prick the bubble, pronominal, proper, punctilious, punctual, punish, put right, put straight, put to rights, rate, rebuke, received, recense, recognized, recompense, reconcile, rectify, redact, redraft, redress, refined, reform, regulate, religious, remedy, remunerate, repair, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, requite, revamp, reverse, revise, rework, rewrite, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, rigid, rigorous, rub off corners, scold, scriptural, scrupulous, scrutinizing, seemly, set, set down, set right, set straight, set to rights, set up, settle, settle with, shape, show up, sound, spank, square accounts, standard, straight, straight-up-and-down, straighten, straighten out, strict, structural, substantive, subtle, suit, suitable, syntactic, tagmemic, take down, take to task, tally with, tell the truth, textual, traditional, traditionalistic, transitive, true, true-blue, unblindfold, uncharm, undeceive, undistorted, unimpeachable, unspell, upbraid, usual, valid, veracious, verbal, veridical, vigorous, visit upon, wake up, well-behaved, well-chosen, well-expressed, well-mannered, well-put, well-spoken, work over, yield

Etymology
From correctus:, past participle of corrigere:, conrigere: < com-: + regere:.

Adjective

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: صحيح
 * Egyptian Arabic: صح
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, правилен
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,


 * Hebrew:, נכונה
 * Hindi: सही
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 正しい,
 * Korean: 옳다
 * Persian: درست
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: korrekt, riktig, rätt, felfri
 * Thai: ถูก
 * Urdu: صحیح
 * Vietnamese: đúng
 * Volapük: verätik


 * Armenian: կոռեկտ
 * Bulgarian: възпитан,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, welgemanierd, welopgevoed, goedgemanierd
 * Finnish: ,


 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: illő,
 * Italian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: korrekt


 * : σωστός
 * : korekta


 * : betul
 * : správny, správna , správne
 * : pravilni, pravilna , pravilno

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: поправям, коригирам
 * Catalan: corregir
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: korjata, oikaista
 * French:
 * German:, , , , Tech.
 * Hebrew: תיקן
 * Hungarian:, ,  korrigál
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 正す, 直す, ,  改正する, 訂正する
 * Polish: poprawiać / poprawić
 * Portuguese: corrigir
 * Russian:,   ,  корректировать
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovak: opraviť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: rätta, korrigera
 * Turkish: düzeltmek

Adjective

 * 1) correct

Synonyms

 * juist

Derived terms

 * correctheid

Adjective

 * 1) correct

Related terms

 * correctif
 * correction
 * corriger