incorrect
incorrect is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 24 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation.
- 2.Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct. It shows a will most incorrect to heaven. Shak. The wit of the last age was yet more incorrect than their language. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bad
- barbarism
- break
- bull
- commit
- false
- faulty
- grammar
- head
- improper
- impropriety
- inaccurate
- incongruous
- murder
- pen
- slip
- slipslop
- solecism
- solecistic
- solecistical
- solecize
- the
- tongue
- use
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is incorrect.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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