proper synonyms

proper

modif.

  1. Suitable

    fit, just, decent, fitting; see fit 1, 2.

  2. Conventional

    customary, usual, decorous; see conventional 1, 2.

  3. Prudish

    prim, precise, strait-laced; see prudish.

  4. Personal

    private, own, peculiar; see individual 1. See syn. study at fit.

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