correct

1. 1.

   free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

   “the correct answer”

   “the correct version”

   “the right answer”

   “took the right road”

   “the right decision”

   Synonymsright

   Antonymsincorrect

   Similaraccurateletter-perfectstraight
2. 2.

   socially right or correct

   “it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye”

   “correct behavior”

   Synonymsright

   Similarproper
3. 3.

   in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

   “what's the right word for this?”

   “the right way to open oysters”

   Synonymsright

   Similarproper
4. 4.

   correct in opinion or judgment

   “time proved him right”

   Synonymsright

   Similarright-minded

Other forms of correct

past tense

corrected·

present participle

correcting·

third person

corrects·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about correct

What does correct mean?

correct means "make right or correct". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in correct?

correct has 2 syllables: cor-rect. The stress falls on "rect". In IPA it is /kɚˈɛkt/.

What is another word for correct?

Close synonyms include rectify, right, right, compensate, redress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of correct?

The recorded antonyms are falsify, incorrect.

Is correct a common word?

correct is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with correct?

5 words rhyme with correct. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.