All proper synonyms

adj proper

• absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
• accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
• arrant — Arrant is used to emphasize that something or someone is very bad in some way.
• complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
• consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
• customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
• on the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
• orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
• out-and-out — complete; total; thoroughgoing: an out-and-out lie.
• utter — to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing.
• on target — that is or may be a target or goal: The target group consisted of college graduates who earned more than $50,000 a year.
• on the button — a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
• mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
• characteristic — The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
• distinctive — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
• idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
• own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
• particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
• peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
• private — privacy
• respective — pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
• able — Someone who is able is very clever or very good at doing something.
• applicable — Something that is applicable to a particular situation is relevant to it or can be applied to it.
• apt — An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
• au fait — If you are au fait with something, you are familiar with it and know about it.
• becoming — A piece of clothing, a colour, or a hairstyle that is becoming makes the person who is wearing it look attractive.
• befitting — proper or right; suitable
• capable — If a person or thing is capable of doing something, they have the ability to do it.
• competent — Someone who is competent is efficient and effective.
• felicitous — well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate: The chairman's felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease.
• fit — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
• happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.