Becoming
Becoming adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Usage example: that's a particularly becoming dress for the dance
Correct is a synonym for becoming in suitable topic. In some cases you can use "Correct" instead an adjective "Becoming", when it comes to topics like characteristic, property, nice, courtesy.
Nearby Words: become, becomingly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Jerkass Has a Point: Priests are correct in assuming that becoming indebted to Phoenicians will not make Egypt mighty.
Source: Literature / Pharaoh - Characters will comment that you are becoming more like the Illuminati (paranoid), but will also comment that your method of thinking is correct.
Source: Properly Paranoid -
Several of the endings have Zelda awaiting a terrible fate (sinking in quicksand or becoming a sitting duck for enemies) for failure to have the correct item.
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Correct and Becoming. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/becoming/correct
Becoming & Correct. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/becoming/correct>.
Correct or Becoming. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/becoming/correct.
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