Verb

• S: (v) correct (correct%2:30:00::), rectify (rectify%2:30:02::), right (right%2:30:00::) (make right or correct) "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
• S: (v) right (right%2:41:00::), compensate (compensate%2:41:00::), redress (redress%2:41:00::), correct (correct%2:41:01::) (make reparations or amends for) "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
• S: (v) chastise (chastise%2:32:00::), castigate (castigate%2:32:00::), objurgate (objurgate%2:32:01::), chasten (chasten%2:32:00::), correct (correct%2:32:00::) (censure severely) "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
• S: (v) compensate (compensate%2:42:00::), counterbalance (counterbalance%2:42:01::), correct (correct%2:42:03::), make up (make_up%2:42:03::), even out (even_out%2:42:00::), even off (even_off%2:42:00::), even up (even_up%2:42:00::) (adjust for) "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
• S: (v) discipline (discipline%2:41:00::), correct (correct%2:41:00::), sort out (sort_out%2:41:00::) (punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience) "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
• S: (v) decline (decline%2:38:03::), slump (slump%2:38:03::), correct (correct%2:38:03::) (go down in value) "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
• S: (v) adjust (adjust%2:30:00::), set (set%2:30:00::), correct (correct%2:30:09::) (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard) "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
• S: (v) correct (correct%2:29:04::) (treat a defect) "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"

Adjective

• S: (adj) correct (correct%3:00:00::), right (right%3:00:02::) (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth) "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
• S: (adj) correct (correct%3:00:00:proper:00), right (right%3:00:01:proper:00) (socially right or correct) "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
• S: (adj) correct (correct%3:00:02:proper:00), right (right%3:00:02:proper:00) (in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure) "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
• S: (adj) right (right%3:00:04::), correct (correct%3:00:04::) (correct in opinion or judgment) "time proved him right"