proportional, adj. 1. corresponding, compatible, harmonious, balanced, well-proportioned, symmetrical, on a proper scale; consistent, agreeing, in accordance with, accordant; comparable, like, analogous, akin, commensurate, equivalent, matching, commensurable, parallel.
2. relative, related, correlated, connective, cor
respondent, complementary.
proposal, n. 1. recommendation, suggestion, proposition; presentation, offer, proffer; overture, suit, request, invitation, bid.
2. scheme, plan, program, project; prospectus, draft, outline, delineation, sketch; pattern, layout, diagram, plot, projection; policy, line, plan of action, platform; terms, conditions, arrangement.
propose, v. 1. offer, proffer, present, tender, sub mit, advance, recommend, move, make a motion, offer a resolution, lay or bring before, maintain, prefer; court, woo, suit, press one's suit, bid for, make a bid for, make an offer, ask for [s.o.'s] hand, Inf. pop the question.
2. suggest, submit, broach, come up with, initiate, launch, open, throw out, offer for what it's worth, bring to [s.o.'s] attention; project, drive at, urge, press, Inf push, offer for consideration.
3. present, introduce, nominate, name, designate, offer in nomination; commend, put up, advance, name for membership or office.
4. design, plan, intend, purport, purpose; mean, have every intention, have the best intentions; expect, aim for, aim at, aspire to, set one's sights on, resolve, determine, decide, come to a determination; talk of, dream of, have in mind.
5. state, assert, voice, aver, allege, say, declare; pose, posit, predicate, postulate, propound, put forward, put or set forth, lay down.
proposition, n. 1. proposal, recommendation. See - proposal (def. 1).
2. plan, program, project, scheme. See - proposal (def 2).
3. hypothesis, theory, thesis, axiom, postulate; premise, supposition, assumption; statement, declaration, assertion, view, belief.
4. sexual advance or overture, improper suggestion, indecent proposal, Inf. come-on, Inf. the moves.
-v. 5. offer, propose, suggest, recommend; submit, set forth, put, put forward, introduce; present, tender, advance.
6. make sexual advances or overtures, make an improper suggestion or an indecent proposal, Inf. make a pass, Inf. come on strong, Inf put the moves on, Sl. put the make on.
propound, v. advocate, suggest, offer or present for consideration. See - propose (def. 5). proprietor, n. 1. owner, titleholder, deedholder, landowner, landholder, property owner; propertied or landed person, person of property, freeholder, possessor, holder; improprietor, proprietary; master, mistress, landlord, landlady, Scot. laird, lord of the manor, mesne lord, feudatory, feoffee; squire, country 2. keeper, innkeeper, hotelkeeper, barkeep, permittee, manager, restaurateur.