Open English Wordnet

Nouns

(n)rightan 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”

(n)rightlocation 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”

(n)right field, rightfield, rightthe piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

(n)right, right wingthose who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

(n)right, right handthe 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”

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

(n)right, rightfulnessanything in accord with principles of justice“he feels he is in the right”, “the rightfulness of his claim”

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

Verbs

(v)right, compensate, redress, correctmake reparations or amends for“right a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust”

(v)rightput in or restore to an upright position“They righted the sailboat that had capsized”

(v)rightregain an upright or proper position“The capsized boat righted again”

(v)correct, rectify, rightmake right or correct“Correct the mistakes”, “rectify the calculation”

Adjectives

(a)rightbeing 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”

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

(a)rightin conformance with justice or law or morality“do the right thing and confess”

(a)right, correctcorrect in opinion or judgment“time proved him right”

(a)rightof or belonging to the political or intellectual right

(s)correct, rightsocially right or correct“it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye”, “correct behavior”

(s)proper, rightappropriate 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”

(s)rightin or into a satisfactory condition“things are right again now”, “put things right”

(s)right, right-handintended for the right hand“a right-hand glove”

(s)correct, rightin accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure“what's the right word for this?”, “the right way to open oysters”

(s)righthaving the axis perpendicular to the base“a right angle”

(s)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”

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

(s)good, right, ripemost 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”

(s)veracious, rightprecisely accurate“a veracious account”

Adverbs

(r)rightprecisely, exactly“stand right here!”

(r)rightimmediately“she called right after dinner”

(r)right, flopcompletely“he fell flop on his face”

(r)righttoward or on the right; also used figuratively“he looked right and left”, “the party has moved right”

(r)properly, decently, decent, rightin the right manner; correctly; suitably“please do your job properly!”, “can't you carry me decent?”

(r)right, right onan interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct

(r)mighty, mightily, powerful, right(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”

(r)wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole, rightto a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely“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”

(r)justly, rightin accordance with moral or social standards“that serves him right”, “do right by him”

(r)correctly, right, arightin an accurate manner“the flower had been correctly depicted by his son”, “he guessed right”

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