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more correct

ADJECTIVE

accurate, exact

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate equitable factual legitimate perfect precise proper strict true

STRONG

okay right stone

WEAK

according to Hoyle actual amen cooking with gas dead on faithful faultless flawless for sure free of error impeccable just nice on target on the ball on the beam on the button on the money on the nose on track regular right as rain right on right stuff righteous rigorous undistorted unmistaken veracious veridical

Antonyms

STRONGEST

biased false imprecise improper inaccurate incorrect invalid unsuitable

STRONG

wrong

WEAK

flawed inappropriate inexact unfitting

ADJECTIVE

proper, appropriate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable careful

STRONG

becoming conforming done fitting okay right

WEAK

comme il faut conventional decent decorous diplomatic meticulous nice punctilious right stuff scrupulous seemly standard suitable

Antonyms

STRONG

improper inappropriate incorrect unfitting unseemly unsuitable wrong

WEAK

flawed imprecise inaccurate inexact

Example Sentences

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In one category about preachers, Ding rang up more correct responses than a Catholic priest he was playing against.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

"We don't always get things right," he admitted, "but we get it more correct than most".

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The network model that mimicked the human structures achieved more correct responses to this speech recognition task than the one modeled on mice.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024

A more correct interpretation is that medication had twice the effect of running in the study, but we don’t know if that is random noise or a true effect.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2023

I wondered if the fact that he was not drinking helped to set him off from his guests, for it seemed to me that he grew more correct as the fraternal hilarity increased.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald