Correct and Smart

Correct

Correct adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.

Smart and correct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smart" instead an adjective "Correct".

Smart

Smart adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.

Correct and smart are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead an adjective "Smart".

Nearby Words: smarten, smartness, smartly

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

problem correct problem smart problem
students correct students smart students
problems correct problems smart problems
mistakes correct mistakes smart mistakes

Both words in one sentence

  • Misplaced-Names Poster Smart People: Four names◊, none in the correct position (or even labeling an actor of the right gender).
  • Apparently, he made a few really smart investments, then just never bothered to keep up with them and bought whatever he damn pleased on the (correct) assumption that he just could.
  • The fact that Spider-man was smart enough to be able to guess the correct frequency for the Techno Babble that he was trying to pull off should have made this mistake unthinkable.
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