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Quick definitions from WordNet (right)
▸ noun: a turn to the right ("Take a right at the corner")
▸ noun: anything in accord with principles of justice ("He feels he is in the 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")
▸ noun: the hand that is on the right side of the body ("He writes with his right hand but pitches with his left")
▸ noun: those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
▸ 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")
▸ noun: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing ("Mineral rights")
▸ noun: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
▸ verb: make reparations or amends for ("Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust")
▸ verb: regain an upright or proper position ("The capsized boat righted again")
▸ verb: put in or restore to an upright position ("They righted the sailboat that had capsized")
▸ verb: make right or correct
▸ adjective: having the axis perpendicular to the base ("A right angle")
▸ adjective: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
▸ adjective: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north ("My right hand")
▸ adjective: in conformance with justice or law or morality ("Do the right thing and confess")
▸ adjective: in or into a satisfactory condition ("Things are right again now")
▸ adjective: correct in opinion or judgment ("Time proved him right")
▸ adjective: most suitable or right for a particular purpose ("The right time to act")
▸ adjective: socially right or correct ("It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye")
▸ adjective: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure ("What's the right word for this?")
▸ adjective: appropriate for a condition or occasion ("The right man for the job")
▸ adjective: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth ("The right answer")
▸ adverb: exactly
▸ adverb: immediately ("She called right after dinner")
▸ adverb: an interjection expressing agreement
▸ adverb: precisely, exactly ("Stand right here!")
▸ adverb: completely ("She felt right at home")
▸ adverb: toward or on the right; also used figuratively ("He looked right and left")
▸ adverb: in a correct manner ("He guessed right")
▸ adverb: in accordance with moral or social standards ("That serves him right")
▸ adverb: (Southern regional intensive) very ("They have a right nice place")
▸ adverb: in the right manner
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #22691)
▸ Also see rights
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to right
▸ Usage examples for right
▸ Idioms related to right (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing right
▸ Popular nouns described by right
▸ Words that often appear near right
▸ Rhymes of right
▸ Invented words related to right
▸ noun: a turn to the right ("Take a right at the corner")
▸ noun: anything in accord with principles of justice ("He feels he is in the 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")
▸ noun: the hand that is on the right side of the body ("He writes with his right hand but pitches with his left")
▸ noun: those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
▸ 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")
▸ noun: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing ("Mineral rights")
▸ noun: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
▸ verb: make reparations or amends for ("Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust")
▸ verb: regain an upright or proper position ("The capsized boat righted again")
▸ verb: put in or restore to an upright position ("They righted the sailboat that had capsized")
▸ verb: make right or correct
▸ adjective: having the axis perpendicular to the base ("A right angle")
▸ adjective: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
▸ adjective: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north ("My right hand")
▸ adjective: in conformance with justice or law or morality ("Do the right thing and confess")
▸ adjective: in or into a satisfactory condition ("Things are right again now")
▸ adjective: correct in opinion or judgment ("Time proved him right")
▸ adjective: most suitable or right for a particular purpose ("The right time to act")
▸ adjective: socially right or correct ("It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye")
▸ adjective: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure ("What's the right word for this?")
▸ adjective: appropriate for a condition or occasion ("The right man for the job")
▸ adjective: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth ("The right answer")
▸ adverb: exactly
▸ adverb: immediately ("She called right after dinner")
▸ adverb: an interjection expressing agreement
▸ adverb: precisely, exactly ("Stand right here!")
▸ adverb: completely ("She felt right at home")
▸ adverb: toward or on the right; also used figuratively ("He looked right and left")
▸ adverb: in a correct manner ("He guessed right")
▸ adverb: in accordance with moral or social standards ("That serves him right")
▸ adverb: (Southern regional intensive) very ("They have a right nice place")
▸ adverb: in the right manner
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #22691)
▸ Also see rights
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to right
▸ Usage examples for right
▸ Idioms related to right (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing right
▸ Popular nouns described by right
▸ Words that often appear near right
▸ Rhymes of right
▸ Invented words related to right