Dictionary entry details
• RIGHT (noun)
Meaning:
An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("right" is a kind of...):
abstract; abstraction (a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "right"):
exclusive right; perquisite; prerogative; privilege (a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right))
privilege ((law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship)
representation (the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body)
right of action (the legal right to sue)
right of search (the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them)
right of way (the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another)
states' rights (the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution)
voting right (the right to vote; especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company)
riparian right; water right (right of access to water)
pre-emption; preemption (the right to purchase something in advance of others)
legal right (a right based in law)
access (the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership))
advowson (the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice)
cabotage (the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders)
claim; title (an informal right to something)
due (that which is deserved or owed)
access; accession; admittance; entree (the right to enter)
floor (the parliamentary right to address an assembly)
grant (a right or privilege that has been granted)
human right ((law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law))
Meaning:
(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context examples:
mineral rights / film rights
Hypernyms ("right" is a kind of...):
interest; stake ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Meaning:
Location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
he stood on the right
Hypernyms ("right" is a kind of...):
place; position (the particular portion of space occupied by something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "right"):
right stage; stage right (the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience)
Antonym:
left (location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east)
Meaning:
A turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
take a right at the corner
Hypernyms ("right" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)
Meaning:
Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
right wing; right
Hypernyms ("right" is a kind of...):
faction; sect (a dissenting clique)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "right"):
hard right (the extreme right wing)
religious right (United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools)
Meaning:
Anything in accord with principles of justice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
rightfulness; right
Context examples:
he feels he is in the right / the rightfulness of his claim
Hypernyms ("right" is a kind of...):
justice; justness (the quality of being just or fair)
Antonym:
wrong (that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law)
Meaning:
The hand that is on the right side of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
right hand; right
Context examples:
he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left / hit him with quick rights to the body
Hypernyms ("right" is a kind of...):
hand; manus; mitt; paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb)
Meaning:
The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
right field; rightfield; right
Hypernyms ("right" is a kind of...):
parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)
Holonyms ("right" is a part of...):
outfield (the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases)
• RIGHT (adjective)
Meaning:
Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
Synonyms:
correct; right
Context examples:
the correct answer / the correct version / the right answer / took the right road / the right decision
Similar:
accurate; exact; precise ((of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct)
letter-perfect; word-perfect (correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words)
straight (following a correct or logical method)
Also:
true (consistent with fact or reality; not false)
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
Attribute:
correctness; rightness (conformity to fact or truth)
Antonym:
wrong (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)
Meaning:
Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
Context examples:
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:
starboard (located on the right side of a ship or aircraft)
right-hand (located on or directed toward the right)
rightmost (farthest to the right)
far (being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle)
Also:
right-handed (using or intended for the right hand)
Attribute:
place; position (the particular portion of space occupied by something)
Antonym:
left (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north)
Meaning:
Socially right or correct
Synonyms:
correct; right
Context examples:
it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye / correct behavior
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Meaning:
In conformance with justice or law or morality
Context example:
do the right thing and confess
Similar:
ethical; honorable; honourable; moral (adhering to ethical and moral principles)
Also:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
just (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting)
good (morally admirable)
ethical (conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior)
Attribute:
rightness (according with conscience or morality)
Antonym:
wrong (contrary to conscience or morality or law)
Meaning:
Correct in opinion or judgment
Synonyms:
correct; right
Context example:
time proved him right
Similar:
right-minded (disposed toward or having views based on what is right)
Antonym:
wrong (based on or acting or judging in error)
Meaning:
Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
Synonyms:
suitable; suited; proper; right
Context examples:
everything in its proper place / the right man for the job / she is not suitable for the position / he is not a suitable husband for her
Similar:
appropriate (suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc)
Meaning:
Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
Similar:
right-wing; rightist (believing in or supporting tenets of the political right)
rightish (tending toward the political right)
far-right; reactionary; reactionist (extremely conservative)
conservative (opposed to liberal reforms)
Also:
conservative (resistant to change)
Antonym:
left (of or belonging to the political or intellectual left)
center (of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually)
Meaning:
In or into a satisfactory condition
Context examples:
things are right again now / put things right
Similar:
satisfactory (giving satisfaction)
Meaning:
Intended for the right hand
Synonyms:
right-hand; right
Context example:
a right-hand glove
Similar:
right-handed (using or intended for the right hand)
Meaning:
In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
Synonyms:
correct; right
Context examples:
what's the right word for this? / the right way to open oysters
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Meaning:
Having the axis perpendicular to the base
Context example:
a right angle
Similar:
perpendicular (intersecting at or forming right angles)
Domain category:
geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)
Meaning:
(of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
Context examples:
the right side of the cloth showed the pattern / be sure your shirt is right side out
Similar:
outside (relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit)
Meaning:
Most suitable or right for a particular purpose
Synonyms:
ripe; good; right
Context examples:
a good time to plant tomatoes / the right time to act / the time is ripe for great sociological changes
Similar:
opportune (suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose)
• RIGHT (verb)
Meaning:
Make reparations or amends for
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
redress; right; correct; compensate
Context example:
right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Hypernyms (to "right" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "right"):
over-correct; overcompensate (make excessive corrections for fear of making an error)
aby; abye; atone; expiate (make amends for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
wrong (treat unjustly; do wrong to)
Meaning:
Put in or restore to an upright position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
They righted the sailboat that had capsized
Hypernyms (to "right" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Regain an upright or proper position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The capsized boat righted again
Hypernyms (to "right" is one way to...):
change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Make right or correct
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
correct; right; rectify
Context examples:
Correct the mistakes / rectify the calculation
Hypernyms (to "right" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "right"):
amend; rectify; remediate; remedy; repair (set straight or right)
debug (locate and correct errors in a computer program code)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
• RIGHT (adverb)
Meaning:
Precisely, exactly
Context example:
stand right here!
Meaning:
Immediately
Context example:
she called right after dinner
Meaning:
Exactly
Synonyms:
flop; right
Context example:
he fell flop on his face
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Toward or on the right; also used figuratively
Context examples:
he looked right and left / the party has moved right
Antonym:
left (toward or on the left; also used figuratively)
Meaning:
In the right manner
Synonyms:
decent; in good order; properly; the right way; decently; right
Context examples:
please do your job properly! / can't you carry me decent?
Meaning:
An interjection expressing agreement
Synonyms:
right on; right
Meaning:
Completely
Context examples:
she felt right at home / he fell right into the trap
Meaning:
(Southern regional intensive) very
Synonyms:
mighty; powerful; right
Context examples:
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
Domain usage:
intensifier; intensive (a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies)
Meaning:
In accordance with moral or social standards
Synonyms:
justly; right
Context examples:
that serves him right / do right by him
Meaning:
In a correct manner
Synonyms:
correctly; aright; right
Context example:
he guessed right
Antonym:
wrongly (in an incorrect manner)
Pertainym:
right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)
