malapropos

1. 1.

   of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature

   Antonymsapropos

   Similarinapposite

1. 1.

   at an inconvenient time

   “he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner”

   “she answered malapropos”

   Synonymsinopportunely

Questions about malapropos

What does malapropos mean?

malapropos means "of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in malapropos?

malapropos has 4 syllables: ma-la-pro-pos. The stress falls on "la".

What is another word for malapropos?

Close synonyms include inopportunely. 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 malapropos?

The recorded antonyms are apropos.

Is malapropos a common word?

malapropos is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.