Dictionary Entry
proper
proper is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Belonging to one; one's own; individual. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
- 2adjective
Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
- 3adjective
Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress.
- 4adjective
Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
- 5adjective
Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
- 6adjective
Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
- 7adjective
Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
- 8adverb
Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
- 9adjective
appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
"everything in its proper place"
"the right man for the job"
Synonyms
- 10adjective
limited to the thing specified
"the city proper"
"his claim is connected with the deed proper"
- 11adjective
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
"proper medical treatment"
"proper manners"
- 12adjective
having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
"wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"
"he finally has a proper job"
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