PROPER as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • appropriate for a condition or occasion
   
   Synonym(s)
   • right (what does right mean?)
   • suitable (what does suitable mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • everything in its proper place
   • the right man for the job
   • she is not suitable for the position
   
   Similar To
   • appropriate (what does appropriate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • proper medical treatment
   • proper manners
   
   Antonym(s)
   • improper (what does improper mean?)
   
   Similar To
   • becoming (what does becoming mean?)
   • comely (what does comely mean?)
   • comme il faut (what does comme il faut mean?)
   • decent (what does decent mean?)
   • decorous (what does decorous mean?)
   • seemly (what does seemly mean?)
   • correct (what does correct mean?)
   • right (what does right mean?)
   • correct (what does correct mean?)
   • right (what does right mean?)
   • fitting (what does fitting mean?)
   • halal (what does halal mean?)
   • kosher (what does kosher mean?)
   • priggish (what does priggish mean?)
   • prim (what does prim mean?)
   • prissy (what does prissy mean?)
   • prudish (what does prudish mean?)
   • puritanical (what does puritanical mean?)
   • square-toed (what does square-toed mean?)
   • straitlaced (what does straitlaced mean?)
   • strait-laced (what does strait-laced mean?)
   • straightlaced (what does straightlaced mean?)
   • straight-laced (what does straight-laced mean?)
   • tight-laced (what does tight-laced mean?)
   • victorian (what does victorian mean?)
   
   See Also
   • appropriate (what does appropriate mean?)
   • correct (what does correct mean?)
   • right (what does right mean?)
   • decent (what does decent mean?)
   • decorous (what does decorous mean?)
   • right (what does right mean?)
   
   Attribute(s)
   • propriety (what does propriety mean?)
   • properness (what does properness mean?)
   • correctitude (what does correctitude mean?)