CORRECTNESS Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

correctness

noun

Definition of correctness

as in accuracy

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as in appropriateness

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Recent Examples of correctness For an agent, technical success and business correctness are two different things. — Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The company says the proof has been certified using the programming language Lean, which all but guarantees its correctness. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026 Yiannopoulos rose to prominence through his provocative statements criticizing political correctness, feminism and Islam. — Chris Arnold, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026 This work will examine how the QCIM core can be incorporated into larger chip and system architectures while maintaining performance, interoperability and functional correctness. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026 Despite glowing reviews and fans begging for its release, a film industry dominated by political correctness refused to touch it. — William Earl, Variety, 30 July 2026 After finding the attack, Mythos implemented an end-to-end verification pipeline to convince itself—and the human operator—of the attack’s correctness. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 Lowe is convinced that mainstream news outlets are ignoring his inquiry because of political correctness. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026 These systems—such as Isabelle, Lean, and Rocq—are specialized programming languages that check mathematical proofs step-by-step, verifying their logical correctness. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

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Noun

Northrop Grumman says the missile also uses newer composite materials in its rocket stages, along with a new guidance system designed to improve accuracy, reliability, and maintainability.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
Arkansas State quarterback Trey Owens had plenty of time to operate in the pocket, TCU was just mildly lucky that his accuracy was off in the first half.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of accuracy

Noun

But if that lens doesn’t include cultural intelligence, cultural appropriateness or a prompt to consider how different types of consumers could receive the campaign, those factors may never be evaluated.

— Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Decisions should be based on educational value, age appropriateness, and professional review while ensuring parents, educators, and community members have a voice in the process.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2026

Definition of appropriateness

Noun

McKinley’s movie marries the instincts of modern indie filmmaking with a New Hollywood ethos, while bringing an authenticity to the details of the period.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
In keeping with the film’s theme of authenticity, Ippolito found the line between mimicry and craft the way an actor must.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of authenticity

Noun

Meller states that the material is resistant to fluorine up to 300°C, adding to its suitability for specialized industrial and semiconductor-processing environments.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Private markets introduce heavier servicing requirements, more complex liquidity management, harder reporting, valuation sensitivity, suitability obligations and greater operational oversight.

— Satish Avhad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of suitability

Noun

Of course, if there’s any truth to this, he should be shot out of a cannon at BravoCon — but Carmella doubts that a ring was even bought in the first place.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
That’s basically the role that Black women have been sort of relegated to — to be truth tellers.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of truth

Noun

Growing up, many of us remember dutifully taking a few more bites of protein (and, of course, vegetables) to appease our moms before we were allowed to progress to the sweet, carb-heavy goodness of dessert.

— Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
Following the premiere of the second season (but before the promise of a third), Innanen spoke with Variety about Paul Baker’s arc this season, the limits of delivering sitcom goodness within an eight-episode season and his hopes for a Season 3.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of goodness

Noun

Today, everyone from the Economist to the New York Times has heralded the coming psychedelics renaissance, as hallucinogens begin to gain greater cultural, medical and commercial acceptability.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
The rate has been gradually dropping for decades, due to cigarette taxes, tobacco product price hikes, smoking bans, public education campaigns and changes in the social acceptability of lighting up in public.

— Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 29 May 2026

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