What are the opposite words for proper?
The word "proper" refers to being appropriate, suitable, or fitting for a particular purpose or situation. Its antonyms include inappropriate, unsuitable, improper, incorrect, wrong, and inadequate. These words indicate a lack of suitability or appropriateness for a particular context. Improper conduct or behavior, unsuitable attire or equipment, or incorrect procedures can all be considered antonyms of proper. The use of antonyms helps to emphasize the importance of properly following guidelines, standards, and etiquettes in various aspects of life. In summary, understanding the antonyms of the word "proper" is essential for ensuring that one carries out activities in an appropriate and fitting manner.
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- wrong
- suitable
- irregular
- unhealthy
- obscene
- inappropriate
- improper
- alien
- bawdy
- foreign
- inadmissible
- raffish
- troublesome
- undue
- unfit
- unsuitable
- unworthy
- criminal
- illegitimate
- illicit
- incompatible
- incorrect
- indecent
- inept
- lawless
- risque
- scandalous
- unbecoming
- unfortunate
- unlawful
- unseemly
- untoward
- unwholesome
- all
- amiss
- against the law
- wrong; defective
- vulgar, dirty
- lawless, felonious
- wrongful
- not legal
- not legal; forbidden
- not suitable
- not appropriate
- not proper, suitable
- antagonistic, contradictory
- clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
- reckless, ungoverned
- indecent, offensive, immoral
- mannerly, decent
- conventional, correct
- unmindful of social conventions
- improper, unsuitable
- excessive, unnecessary
- not appropriate or suited
- unlucky, bad
- improper; in bad taste
- not of value
- evil, illegal
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- wrong
- suitable
- irregular
- unhealthy
- obscene
-
inappropriate
- irrelevant,
- left field,
- leftfield,
- out of place,
- Inconsonant,
- Unmeet,
- dis proportionate,
- dis-proportionate,
- foot in mouth,
- foot-in-mouth,
- ill fitted,
- ill suited,
- ill-fitted,
- illsuited,
- in appropriate,
- in apropos,
- in consonant,
- in-appropriate,
- in-apropos,
- in-consonant,
- inapropos,
- left-field,
- more foot in mouth,
- more foot-in-mouth,
- more garbage,
- more ill fitted,
- more ill-fitted,
- more illfitted,
- more inapropos,
- more inconsonant,
- more left field,
- more left-field,
- more leftfield,
- more wrong number,
- more wrong-number,
- more wrongnumber,
- most foot in mouth,
- most foot-in-mouth,
- most garbage,
- most ill fitted,
- most ill-fitted,
- most illfitted,
- most inapropos,
- most inconsonant,
- most left field,
- most left-field,
- most leftfield,
- most wrong number,
- most wrong-number,
- most wrongnumber,
- out place,
- un meet,
- un meeter,
- un meetest,
- un-meet,
- un-meeter,
- un-meetest,
- unmeeter,
- unmeetest,
- way off,
- wrong-number,
- wrongnumber.
-
improper
- at odds,
- ill-timed,
- inapposite,
- off-base,
- unfitting,
- unwarranted,
- Unequitable,
- uncalledfor,
- out of season,
- unrightful,
- ill advised,
- ill timed,
- illadvised,
- illtimed,
- in admissible,
- in advisable,
- in applicable,
- in apposite,
- in apter,
- in aptest,
- in expedient,
- in harmonious,
- in opportune,
- in-accurate,
- in-advisable,
- in-applicable,
- in-apposite,
- in-apter,
- in-aptest,
- in-correct,
- in-expedient,
- in-felicitous,
- in-harmonious,
- in-opportune,
- more inapposite,
- more off base,
- more off-base,
- more offbase,
- more out of place,
- more out of season,
- more out-of-place,
- more out-of-season,
- more unequitable,
- more unfitting,
- more unrightful,
- most inapposite,
- most off base,
- most off-base,
- most offbase,
- most out of place,
- most out of season,
- most out-of-place,
- most out-of-season,
- most unequitable,
- most unfitting,
- most unrightful,
- offbase,
- out-of-place,
- out-of-season,
- un apter,
- un aptest,
- un befitting,
- un conventional,
- un duer,
- un equitable,
- un ethical,
- un fitting,
- un godlier,
- un godliest,
- un godly,
- un just,
- un juster,
- un justest,
- un righteous,
- un rightful,
- un seasonable,
- un suited,
- un timelier,
- un timeliest,
- un timely,
- un warranted,
- un-apter,
- un-befitting,
- un-comely,
- un-conventional,
- un-equitable,
- un-ethical,
- un-fitting,
- un-godlier,
- un-godliest,
- un-godly,
- un-just,
- un-juster,
- un-justest,
- un-rightful,
- un-seasonable,
- un-suited,
- un-timelier,
- un-timeliest,
- un-timely,
- un-warranted.
- alien
- bawdy
- foreign
-
inadmissible
- unallowable,
- illfavored,
- ill favored,
- in competent,
- in-admissible,
- in-competent,
- more unallowable,
- most unallowable,
- un acceptable,
- un allowable,
- un desirable,
- un qualified,
- un reasonable,
- un satisfactory,
- un wanted,
- un welcome,
- un-acceptable,
- un-allowable,
- un-desirable,
- un-qualified,
- un-reasonable,
- un-satisfactory,
- un-wanted.
- raffish
- troublesome
-
undue
- undeserved,
- unmeasurable,
- unwarrantable,
- too great,
- in temperate,
- in-temperate,
- more exceeding,
- more undeserved,
- more unwarrantable,
- most exceeding,
- most undeserved,
- most unmeasurable,
- most unwarrantable,
- over much,
- un conscionable,
- un deserved,
- un due,
- un duest,
- un justifiable,
- un justified,
- un measurable,
- un warrantable,
- un-conscionable,
- un-deserved,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- un-duest,
- un-justifiable,
- un-justified,
- un-measurable,
- un-warrantable,
- under handed,
- under-handed.
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unfit
- ill-equipped,
- laid low,
- uncool,
- unpromising,
- out of shape,
- can't make grade,
- can't make the grade,
- cant make grade,
- cant make the grade,
- ill adapted,
- ill-adapted,
- illadapted,
- illequipped,
- in adequate,
- in effective,
- in-adequate,
- in-effective,
- more ill-adapted,
- more ill-equipped,
- more illequipped,
- more uncool,
- more unpromising,
- most ill adapted,
- most ill equipped,
- most ill-adapted,
- most ill-equipped,
- most illadapted,
- most illequipped,
- most uncool,
- most unpromising,
- not fit,
- out element,
- out shape,
- un cool,
- un healthier,
- un healthiest,
- un healthy,
- un likelier,
- un likeliest,
- un likely,
- un promising,
- un-cool,
- un-fit,
- un-healthiest,
- un-healthy,
- un-likelier,
- un-likely,
- un-promising.
- unsuitable
-
unworthy
- unmerited,
- not good enough,
- be neath,
- be-neath,
- de grading,
- de-grading,
- dis honorable,
- dis-honorable,
- good for nothing,
- in excusable,
- in-excusable,
- more good for nothing,
- more nothing,
- more undeserving,
- more unmerited,
- most beneath,
- most good for nothing,
- most good-for-nothing,
- most nothing,
- most unmerited,
- no good,
- noaccount,
- nogood,
- not deserving,
- not worth,
- re prehensible,
- re-prehensible,
- un deserving,
- un merited,
- un worthier,
- un worthiest,
- un worthy,
- un-merited,
- un-worthier,
- un-worthiest.
- criminal
- illegitimate
-
illicit
- illegal,
- unlicensed,
- black-market,
- blackmarket,
- contrary law,
- contrary to law,
- in violation law,
- in violation of law,
- more black market,
- more black-market,
- more blackmarket,
- more racket,
- more unlicensed,
- most black market,
- most black-market,
- most blackmarket,
- most unlicensed,
- un authorized,
- un licensed,
- un-licensed.
-
incompatible
- mismatched,
- unadapted,
- Inconformable,
- anti pathetic,
- anti thetical,
- anti-pathetic,
- anti-thetical,
- dis agreeing,
- dis-agreeing,
- in compatible,
- in consistent,
- in-coherent,
- in-compatible,
- in-consistent,
- in-constant,
- marching a different drummer,
- marching different drummer,
- marching to different drummer,
- mis matched,
- more clashing,
- more inconformable,
- more mismatched,
- more unadapted,
- most clashing,
- most inconformable,
- most mismatched,
- most unadapted,
- night day,
- poles apart,
- un adapted,
- un congenial,
- un-congenial,
- whale difference,
- whale of difference.
- incorrect
- indecent
-
inept
- meaningless,
- Unhandy,
- all thumbs,
- unproficient,
- in adept,
- in capable,
- in efficient,
- in expert,
- in-adept,
- in-capable,
- in-efficient,
- in-expert,
- inadept,
- undexterous,
- more butterfingers,
- more inadept,
- more loser,
- more undexterous,
- more unfacile,
- more unproficient,
- most butterfingers,
- most inadept,
- most loser,
- not adapted,
- un dexterous,
- un graceful,
- un handier,
- un handiest,
- un handy,
- un proficient,
- un skillful,
- un-dexterous,
- un-facile,
- un-graceful,
- un-handier,
- un-handy,
- un-proficient,
- un-skillful,
- unfacile,
- unhandier,
- unhandiest.
-
lawless
- anarchic,
- anarchical,
- anarchistic,
- insurgent,
- piratical,
- recusant,
- unpeaceful,
- non-compliant,
- non-conformist,
- dis obedient,
- dis ordered,
- dis-obedient,
- dis-ordered,
- in fringing,
- in subordinate,
- in-fringing,
- in-subordinate,
- more anarchic,
- more anarchical,
- more anarchistic,
- more infringing,
- more piratical,
- more recusant,
- more terrorizing,
- more unpeaceful,
- most anarchic,
- most anarchical,
- most anarchistic,
- most infringing,
- most piratical,
- most recusant,
- most terrorizing,
- most unpeaceful,
- non compliant,
- non conformist,
- un civilized,
- un cultivated,
- un peaceful,
- un tamed,
- un-civilized,
- un-cultivated,
- un-peaceful,
- un-restrained,
- un-tamed.
- risque
- scandalous
-
unbecoming
- Unhandsome,
- dis creditable,
- dis-creditable,
- un attractive,
- un becoming,
- un flattering,
- un handsome,
- un handsomer,
- un handsomest,
- un lovelier,
- un loveliest,
- un lovely,
- un sightlier,
- un sightliest,
- un sightly,
- un-attractive,
- un-becoming,
- un-flattering,
- un-handsome,
- un-handsomer,
- un-handsomest,
- un-lovelier,
- un-lovely,
- un-sightlier,
- un-sightliest,
- un-sightly,
- unhandsomer,
- unhandsomest.
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unfortunate
- in a bad way,
- illstarred,
- unprosperous,
- out of luck,
- ill fated,
- ill starred,
- illfated,
- in bad way,
- more shattered,
- more unprosperous,
- most jinxed,
- most unprosperous,
- out luck,
- star crossed,
- starcrossed,
- un favorable,
- un fortunate,
- un happier,
- un happiest,
- un happy,
- un propitious,
- un prosperous,
- un successful,
- un-favorable,
- un-fortunate,
- un-happy,
- un-successful.
- unlawful
- unseemly
-
untoward
- misfortunate,
- Unpliable,
- improprietous,
- in auspicious,
- in convenient,
- in docile,
- in tractable,
- in-auspicious,
- in-convenient,
- in-docile,
- in-tractable,
- mis fortunate,
- mis-fortunate,
- more improprietous,
- most improprietous,
- most misfortunate,
- un disciplined,
- un luckier,
- un luckiest,
- un lucky,
- un manageable,
- un pliable,
- un pliablest,
- un yielding,
- un-governable,
- un-luckier,
- un-lucky,
- un-manageable,
- un-pliable,
- un-pliabler,
- un-pliablest,
- un-yielding,
- unpliabler,
- unpliablest.
- unwholesome
- all
- amiss
- against the law
- wrong; defective
- vulgar, dirty
- lawless, felonious
- wrongful
- not legal
- not legal; forbidden
- not suitable
- not appropriate
- not proper, suitable
- antagonistic, contradictory
- clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
- reckless, ungoverned
- indecent, offensive, immoral
- mannerly, decent
- conventional, correct
- unmindful of social conventions
- improper, unsuitable
- excessive, unnecessary
- not appropriate or suited
- unlucky, bad
- improper; in bad taste
- not of value
- evil, illegal
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Other relevant words
- opposed,
- atypical,
- awkward,
- casual,
- defective,
- easygoing,
- faulty,
- flawed,
- gauche,
- grungy,
- imperfect,
- inadequate,
- inapplicable,
- incapable,
- incompatible,
- incompetent,
- inexpert,
- intolerable,
- laid-back,
- nonspecific,
- rude,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- tacky,
- unacceptable,
- uncharacteristic,
- uncongenial,
- unfitting,
- ungraceful,
- unqualified,
- unreal,
- unsatisfactory,
- unskilled,
- unskillful,
- untrained,
- untypical,
- Misbecoming,
- Unbeseeming,
- Unmeet.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
most doordie
- Antonyms:
- few, little.
