impropriety

1. 1.

   an improper demeanor

   Synonymsimproperness

   Antonymspropriety

   Broaderdemeanor

   Narrowerincorrectnessinappropriatenessindelicacyindecorumindecency
2. 2.

   the condition of being improper

   Broadercondition
3. 3.

   an indecent or improper act

   Synonymsindecency

   Broadermisbehavior

   Narrowerobscenity
4. 4.

   an act of undue intimacy

   Synonymsfamiliarityindecorumliberty

   Broadermisbehavior

Other forms of impropriety

plural

improprieties·

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 impropriety

What does impropriety mean?

impropriety means "an improper demeanor". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in impropriety?

impropriety has 5 syllables: im-pro-pri-e-ty. The stress falls on "pri". In IPA it is /ˌɪmpɹəˈpɹaɪəti/.

What is another word for impropriety?

Close synonyms include improperness, indecency, familiarity, indecorum, liberty. 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 impropriety?

The recorded antonyms are propriety.

Is impropriety a common word?

impropriety is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 impropriety?

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