improper

1. 1.

   not suitable or right or appropriate

   “slightly improper to dine alone with a married man”

   “improper medication”

   “improper attire for the golf course”

   Antonymsproper

   Similarindecentout-of-the-waywrong
2. 2.

   not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

   “an unconventional marriage”

   “improper banking practices”

   Synonymsunconventionalunlawful

   Similarirregular
3. 3.

   not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

   “said all the wrong things”

   Synonymswrong

   Similarinappropriate

Questions about improper

What does improper mean?

improper means "not suitable or right or appropriate". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in improper?

improper has 3 syllables: im-pro-per. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɹɑpɚ/.

What is another word for improper?

Close synonyms include unconventional, unlawful, wrong. 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 improper?

The recorded antonyms are proper.

Is improper a common word?

improper is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 improper?

1 word rhymes with improper. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.