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English adjective: right | |||
| 1. | right being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north | ||
| Samples | My right hand. Right center field. A right-hand turn. The right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream. | ||
| Similar | far, right-hand, rightmost, starboard | ||
| See also | right-handed | ||
| Attribute | place, position | ||
| Antonyms | left | ||
| 2. | right free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth | ||
| Samples | The correct answer. The correct version. The right answer. Took the right road. The right decision. | ||
| Synonyms | correct | ||
| Similar | accurate, exact, letter-perfect, precise, straight, word-perfect | ||
| See also | accurate, proper, true | ||
| Attribute | correctness, rightness | ||
| Antonyms | incorrect, wrong | ||
| 3. | right socially right or correct | ||
| Samples | It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye. Correct behavior. | ||
| Synonyms | correct | ||
| Similar | proper | ||
| Antonyms | improper | ||
| 4. | right in conformance with justice or law or morality | ||
| Samples | Do the right thing and confess. | ||
| Similar | ethical, honorable, honourable | ||
| See also | ethical, good, just, proper | ||
| Attribute | rightness | ||
| Antonyms | wrong | ||
| 5. | right correct in opinion or judgment | ||
| Samples | Time proved him right. | ||
| Synonyms | correct | ||
| Similar | right-minded | ||
| Antonyms | wrong | ||
| 6. | right appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs | ||
| Samples | Everything in its proper place. The right man for the job. She is not suitable for the position. | ||
| Synonyms | proper | ||
| Similar | appropriate | ||
| Antonyms | inappropriate | ||
| 7. | right of or belonging to the political or intellectual right | ||
| Similar | conservative, far-right, old-line, oldline, reactionary, reactionist, right-wing, rightish, rightist | ||
| See also | conservative | ||
| Antonyms | center, left | ||
| 8. | right in or into a satisfactory condition | ||
| Samples | Things are right again now. Put things right. | ||
| Similar | satisfactory | ||
| Antonyms | unsatisfactory | ||
| 9. | right intended for the right hand | ||
| Samples | A right-hand glove. | ||
| Synonyms | right-hand | ||
| Similar | right-handed | ||
| Antonyms | ambidextrous, left-handed, two-handed | ||
| 10. | right in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure | ||
| Samples | What's the right word for this?. The right way to open oysters. | ||
| Synonyms | correct | ||
| Similar | proper | ||
| Antonyms | improper | ||
| 11. | right having the axis perpendicular to the base | ||
| Samples | A right angle. | ||
| Similar | perpendicular | ||
| Domain category | geometry | ||
| Antonyms | oblique, parallel | ||
| 12. | right (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward | ||
| Samples | The right side of the cloth showed the pattern. Be sure your shirt is right side out. | ||
| Similar | outside | ||
| Antonyms | inside | ||
| 13. | right most suitable or right for a particular purpose | ||
| Samples | A good time to plant tomatoes. The right time to act. The time is ripe for great sociological changes. | ||
| Synonyms | good, ripe | ||
| Similar | opportune | ||
| Antonyms | inopportune | ||
| 14. | right precisely accurate | ||
| Samples | A veracious account. | ||
| Synonyms | veracious | ||
| Similar | accurate | ||
| Antonyms | inaccurate | ||
English noun: right | |||
| 1. | right (attribute) an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature | ||
| Samples | They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people. A right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abstract, abstraction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | access, access, accession, admission, admittance, advowson, cabotage, claim, due, entree, exclusive right, floor, grant, human right, legal right, perquisite, pre-emption, preemption, prerogative, privilege, privilege, representation, right of action, right of search, right of way, riparian right, states' rights, title, voting right, water right | ||
| 2. | right (location) location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east | ||
| Samples | He stood on the right. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | place, position | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | right stage, stage right | ||
| Antonyms | left | ||
| 3. | right (artifact) the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right | ||
| Synonyms | right field, rightfield | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | ||
| Part meronym | outfield | ||
| 4. | right (group) those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged | ||
| Synonyms | right wing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | faction, sect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hard right, religious right | ||
| 5. | right (body) the hand that is on the right side of the body | ||
| Samples | He writes with his right hand but pitches with his left. Hit him with quick rights to the body. | ||
| Synonyms | right hand | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hand, manus, mitt, paw | ||
| 6. | right (act) a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east | ||
| Samples | Take a right at the corner. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn, turning | ||
| 7. | right (attribute) anything in accord with principles of justice | ||
| Samples | He feels he is in the right. The rightfulness of his claim. | ||
| Synonyms | rightfulness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | justice, justness | ||
| Antonyms | wrong, wrongfulness | ||
| 8. | right (possession) (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing | ||
| Samples | Mineral rights. Film rights. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interest, stake | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
English adverb: right | |||
| 1. | right precisely, exactly | ||
| Samples | Stand right here!. | ||
| 2. | right immediately | ||
| Samples | She called right after dinner. | ||
| 3. | right exactly | ||
| Samples | He fell flop on his face. | ||
| Synonyms | flop | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| 4. | right toward or on the right; also used figuratively | ||
| Samples | He looked right and left. The party has moved right. | ||
| Antonyms | left | ||
| 5. | right in the right manner | ||
| Samples | Please do your job properly!. Can't you carry me decent?. | ||
| Synonyms | decent, decently, in good order, properly, the right way | ||
| Antonyms | improperly | ||
| 6. | right an interjection expressing agreement | ||
| Synonyms | right on | ||
| 7. | right completely | ||
| Samples | She felt right at home. He fell right into the trap. | ||
| 8. | right (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree | ||
| Samples | The baby is mighty cute. He's mighty tired. It is powerful humid. That boy is powerful big now. They have a right nice place. They rejoiced mightily. | ||
| Synonyms | mightily, mighty, powerful | ||
| Domain usage | intensifier, intensive | ||
| 9. | right in accordance with moral or social standards | ||
| Samples | That serves him right. Do right by him. | ||
| Synonyms | justly | ||
| 10. | right in an accurate manner | ||
| Samples | The flower had been correctly depicted by his son. He guessed right. | ||
| Synonyms | aright, correctly | ||
| Antonyms | wrong, incorrectly, wrongly | ||
English verb: right | |||
| 1. | right (social) make reparations or amends for | ||
| Samples | Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust. | ||
| Synonyms | compensate, correct, redress | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aby, abye, atone, expiate, over-correct, overcompensate | ||
| Antonyms | wrong | ||
| 2. | right (motion) put in or restore to an upright position | ||
| Samples | They righted the sailboat that had capsized. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Verb group | right | ||
| 3. | right (motion) regain an upright or proper position | ||
| Samples | The capsized boat righted again. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change posture | ||
| Verb group | right | ||
| 4. | right (change) make right or correct | ||
| Samples | Correct the mistakes. Rectify the calculation. | ||
| Synonyms | correct, rectify | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change by reversal, reverse, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amend, debug, rectify, remediate, remedy, repair | ||
| Antonyms | falsify | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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