RIGHT

veracious, right

(adjective) precisely accurate; “a veracious account”

proper, right

(adjective) appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person’s character, needs; “everything in its proper place”; “the right man for the job”; “she is not suitable for the position”

correct, right

(adjective) free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; “the correct answer”; “the correct version”; “the right answer”; “took the right road”; “the right decision”

right, correct

(adjective) correct in opinion or judgment; “time proved him right”

good, right, ripe

(adjective) most suitable or right for a particular purpose; “a good time to plant tomatoes”; “the right time to act”; “the time is ripe for great sociological changes”

right, one(a)

(adjective) (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier; “that is one fine dog”; “a right fine day”

right

(adjective) (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; “the right side of the cloth showed the pattern”; “be sure your shirt is right side out”

right

(adjective) having the axis perpendicular to the base; “a right angle”

correct, right

(adjective) socially right or correct; “it isn’t right to leave the party without saying goodbye”; “correct behavior”

correct, right

(adjective) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; “what’s the right word for this?”; “the right way to open oysters”

right, right-hand

(adjective) intended for the right hand; “a right-hand glove”

right

(adjective) of or belonging to the political or intellectual right

right

(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; “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”

right

(adjective) in conformance with justice or law or morality; “do the right thing and confess”

right

(adjective) in or into a satisfactory condition; “things are right again now”; “put things right”

wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole, right

(adverb) to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (‘whole’ is often used informally for ‘wholly’); “he was wholly convinced”; “entirely satisfied with the meal”; “it was completely different from what we expected”; “was completely at fault”; “a totally new situation”; “the directions were all wrong”; “it was not altogether her fault”; “an altogether new approach”; “a whole new idea”; “she felt right at home”; “he fell right into the trap”

mighty, mightily, powerful, right

(adverb) (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; “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”

right, flop

(adverb) exactly; “he fell flop on his face”

right

(adverb) immediately; “she called right after dinner”

right, right on

(adverb) an interjection expressing agreement

properly, decently, decent, right

(adverb) in the right manner; correctly; suitably; “please do your job properly!”; “can’t you carry me decent?”

correctly, right, aright

(adverb) in an accurate manner; “the flower had been correctly depicted by his son”; “he guessed right”

right

(adverb) precisely, exactly; “stand right here!”

justly, right

(adverb) in accordance with moral or social standards; “that serves him right”; “do right by him”

right

(adverb) toward or on the right; also used figuratively; “he looked right and left”; “the party has moved right”

right

(noun) a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; “take a right at the corner”

right, rightfulness

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”

right

(noun) an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; “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”- Eleanor Roosevelt; “a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away”

right, right hand

(noun) the hand that is on the right side of the body; “he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left”; “hit him with quick rights to the body”

right, right wing

(noun) those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

right

(noun) location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; “he stood on the right”

right

(noun) (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; “mineral rights”; “film rights”

correct, rectify, right

(verb) make right or correct; “Correct the mistakes”; “rectify the calculation”

right

(verb) regain an upright or proper position; “The capsized boat righted again”

right

(verb) put in or restore to an upright position; “They righted the sailboat that had capsized”

right, compensate, redress, correct

(verb) make reparations or amends for; “right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

right (comparative righter or more right, superlative rightest or rightmost)

(archaic) Straight, not bent.

(geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.

(geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.

Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

Healthy, sane, competent.

Real; veritable (used emphatically).

(Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.

(dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.

Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the reader's right: →

Designed to be placed or worn outward.

(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

Synonyms

• (correctness): correct, just

• (side, direction): dexter, dextral, right-hand

• (politics): conservative, right-wing

• (as a tag question): see English tag questions

Antonyms

• (straightness): bowed, crooked, curved

• (correctness): wrong

• (side, direction): left

Etymology 2

Adverb

right (not comparable)

On the right side.

Towards the right side.

Exactly, precisely.

Immediately, directly.

(British, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.

According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.

In a correct manner.

(dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.

Usage notes

In the US, the word "right" is used as an adverb meaning "very, quite" in most of the major dialect areas, including the Southern US, Appalachia, New England, and the Midwest, though the usage is not part of standard US English. In the UK also it is not part of the standard language but is regarded as stereotypical of the dialects of northern England, though it occurs in other dialects also.

Synonyms

• (on the right side): rightward, rightwise

• (towards the right side): rightward, rightways

• (exactly, precisely): exactly, just, precisely, smack-dab; see also exactly

• (immediately, directly): right smack, slap-bang

• (very, extremely): ever so; see also very

• (according to fact or truth): in point of fact, in truth; see also actually

• (correct manner): correctly, properly

Interjection

right

Yes, that is correct; I agree.

I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.

Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.

Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.

Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.

Etymology 3

Noun

right (plural rights)

That which complies with justice, law or reason.

A legal, just or moral entitlement.

The right side or direction.

The right hand or fist.

(politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

Synonyms

• (right side): starboard, 3 o'clock

Antonyms

• (legal or moral entitlement): duty, obligation

Etymology 4

Verb

right (third-person singular simple present rights, present participle righting, simple past and past participle righted)

(transitive) To correct.

(transitive) To set upright.

(intransitive) To return to normal upright position.

(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

Anagrams

• girth, grith

Source: Wiktionary

Right, a. Etym: [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. rätt, Icel. rëttr, Goth. raíhts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. straight, right. sq. root115. Cf. Adroit,Alert, Correct, Dress, Regular, Rector, Recto, Rectum, Regent, Region, Realm, Rich, Riyal, Rule.]

1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. "Right as any line." Chaucer

2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.

3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true. That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is absolutely right, and is called right simply without relation to a special end. Whately.

2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.

5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious. "His right wife." Chaucer. In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians. Milton.

6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith. You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well. Shak. If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is . . . right, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die." Locke.

7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate. The lady has been disappointed on the right side. Spectator.

8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals. Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand. Longfellow.

Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are used always with reference to the position of one who is facing in the direction of the current's flow.

9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.

10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth. At right angles, so as to form a right angle or right angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.

– Right and left, in both or all directions. [Colloq.] -- Right and left coupling (Pipe fitting), a coupling the opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw and a left-handed screw, respectivelly.

– Right angle. (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC. (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the axes of two great circles whose planes are perpendicular to each other.

– Right ascension. See under Ascension.

– Right Center (Politics), those members belonging to the Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with the Right on political questions. See Center, n., 5.

– Right cone, Right cylinder, Right prism, Right pyramid (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular to the base.

– Right line. See under Line.

– Right sailing (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude, but not both. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

– Right sphere (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in spherical projections, that position of the sphere in which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the equator.

Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you say is right, true. "Right," cries his lordship. Pope.

Syn.

– Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful; rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper; suitable; becoming.

Right, adv.

1. In a right manner.

2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. Unto Dian's temple goeth she right. Chaucer. Let thine eyes look right on. Prov. iv. 25. Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of gold. Tennyson.

3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.] Came he right now to sing a raven's note Shak.

4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.

5. According to any rule of art; correctly. You with strict discipline instructed right. Roscommon.

6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. "Right at mine own cost." Chaucer. Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. Chaucer. His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught. Fairfax.

7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. "He was not right fat". Chaucer. For which I should be right sorry. Tyndale. [I] return those duties back as are right fit. Shak.

Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right honorable; right reverend. Right honorable, a title given in England to peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin.

Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright, downright, forthright, etc. Right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.] -- Right away, or Right off, at once; straightway; without delay. [Colloq. U.S.] "We will . . . shut ourselves up in the office and do the work right off." D. Webster.

Right, n. Etym: [AS. right. See Right, a.]

1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong. (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact. Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always in the right. Prior.

(c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity. Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved, had fortune done him right. Dryden.

2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically: (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact. There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties. Coleridge.

(b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal. (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership. Born free, he sought his right. Dryden. Hast thou not right to all created things Milton. Men have no right to what is not reasonable. Burke.

(d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority.

3. The right side; the side opposite to the left. Led her to the Souldan's right. Spenser.

4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.

5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. At all right, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.] Chaucer.

– Bill of rights, a list of rights; a paper containing a declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See under Bill.

– By right, By rights, or By good rights, rightly; properly; correctly. He should himself use it by right. Chaucer. I should have been a woman by right. Shak.

– Divine right, or Divine right of kings, a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people.

– To rights. (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] Woodward. (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Swift.

– To set to rights, To put to rights, to put in good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order.

– Writ of right (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. Blackstone.

Right, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n. Righting.] Etym: [AS. rihtan. See Right, a.]

1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.

2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate. So just is God, to right the innocent. Shak. All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. Jefferson. To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position after careening.

– To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the keel.

Right, v. i.

1. To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

RIGHT

Etymology 1

Adjective

Synonyms

Antonyms

Etymology 2

Adverb

Usage notes

Synonyms

Interjection

Etymology 3

Noun

Synonyms

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Etymology 4

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