Right

verb
raɪt

Adjective

  • free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

    the right answer

    took the right road

    the right decision

    Similar:Correct
    See also:AccurateTrueProper
  • in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

    what's the right word for this?

    the right way to open oysters

    Similar:Correct
  • correct in opinion or judgment

    time proved him right

    Similar:Correct
  • intended for the right hand

    a right-hand glove

    Similar:Right-hand
  • (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier

    a right fine day

    Similar:One
  • socially right or correct

    it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye

    Similar:Correct
  • appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

    the right man for the job

    Similar:Proper
  • most suitable or right for a particular purpose

    the right time to act

    Similar:GoodRipe
  • 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

    See also:Right-handed
  • in conformance with justice or law or morality

    do the right thing and confess

    See also:ProperJustGood
  • in or into a satisfactory condition

    things are right again now

    put things right

  • (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

  • having the axis perpendicular to the base

    a right angle

  • precisely accurate

    Similar:Veracious
  • of or belonging to the political or intellectual right

    See also:Conservative

Noun

  • anything in accord with principles of justice

    he feels he is in the right

    the rightfulness of his claim

    Similar:Rightfulness
    Type of:JustnessJustice
  • 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

    Type of:ManusHandMitt
  • an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature

    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

    Type of:AbstractAbstraction
  • (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing

    mineral rights

    film rights

    Type of:StakeInterest
  • 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

    Type of:TurningTurn
  • 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

    Type of:PositionPlace
  • the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

    Similar:Rightfield
    Type of:ParcelTract
  • those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

    Type of:SectFaction

Verb

  • make reparations or amends for

    right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

    Type of:ModifyChangeAlter
  • put in or restore to an upright position

    They righted the sailboat that had capsized

    Type of:ChangeAlterModify
  • regain an upright or proper position

    The capsized boat righted again

  • make right or correct

    Type of:TurnReverse

Adverb

  • to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

    she felt right at home

    he fell right into the trap

    Similar:AllAltogetherCompletelyEntirelyTotally
  • in accordance with moral or social standards

    that serves him right

    do right by him

    Similar:Justly
  • (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

    they have a right nice place

    Similar:MightilyMightyPowerful
  • in an accurate manner

    he guessed right

    Similar:ArightCorrectly
  • exactly

    Similar:Flop
  • in the right manner; correctly; suitably

    Similar:DecentDecentlyProperly
  • an interjection expressing agreement

Other

  • toward or on the right; also used figuratively

    he looked right and left

    the party has moved right

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