right

1. Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north (synset 302039393)
   "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"
   also: right-handed - using or intended for the right hand
   tells us about: place, position - the particular portion of space occupied by something
   similar to:

   • far - being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle
   • rightmost - farthest to the right
   • right-hand - located on or directed toward the right
   • starboard - located on the right side of a ship or aircraft
2. Free from error;
   Especially conforming to fact or truth (synset 300634232)
   "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
   also:

   • accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
   • proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
   • true - consistent with fact or reality; not false
   tells us about: correctness, rightness - conformity to fact or truth
   similar to:

   • 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
   same as: correct
3. Socially right or correct (synset 301885314)
   "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
   similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
   same as: correct
4. In conformance with justice or law or morality (synset 302042235)
   "do the right thing and confess"
   also:

   • ethical - conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior
   • good - morally admirable
   • just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting
   • proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
   tells us about: rightness - according with conscience or morality
   similar to: ethical, honorable, honourable - adhering to ethical and moral principles
5. Correct in opinion or judgment (synset 300636250)
   "time proved him right"
   similar to: right-minded - disposed toward or having views based on what is right
   same as: correct
6. Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs (synset 300136526)
   "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"
   similar to: appropriate - suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
   same as: proper
7. Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right (synset 302037458)
   also: conservative - resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
   similar to:

   • conservative - having social or political views favoring conservatism
   • old-line, oldline - adhering to conservative or reactionary principles
   • far-right, reactionary, reactionist - opposed to political or social liberalism or reform
   • rightish - tending toward the political right
   • right-wing, rightist - believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
8. In or into a satisfactory condition (synset 302089227)
   "things are right again now"; "put things right"
   similar to: satisfactory - giving satisfaction
9. Intended for the right hand (synset 302036425)
   "a right-hand glove"
   similar to: right-handed - using or intended for the right hand
   same as: right-hand
10. In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure (synset 301885517)
    "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
    similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    same as: correct
11. Having the axis perpendicular to the base (synset 301725165)
    "a right angle"
    referred to in: geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
    similar to: perpendicular - intersecting at or forming right angles
12. (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward (synset 301698038)
    "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
    similar to: outside - relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
13. (informal) very;
    Used informally as an intensifier (synset 301682215)
    "that is one fine dog"; "a right fine day"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar to: extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
    same as: one
14. Most suitable or right for a particular purpose (synset 301665754)
    "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
    similar to: opportune - suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
    same as: good, ripe
15. Precisely accurate (synset 300023315)
    "a veracious account"
    similar to: accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
    same as: veracious

1. An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (synset 105182180)
   "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"
   is a type of: abstract, abstraction - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
   subtypes:

   • 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, admission, 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)
   • legal right - a right based in law
   • pre-emption, preemption - the right to purchase something in advance of others
   • 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
2. Location near or direction toward the right side;
   I.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east (synset 108642648)
   "he stood on the right"
   is a type of: place, position - the particular portion of space occupied by something
   subtypes: right stage, stage right - the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience
3. The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right (synset 104098951)
   is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of land
   is a part of: outfield - the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
   same as: right field, rightfield
4. Those who support political or social or economic conservatism;
   Those who believe that things are better left unchanged (synset 108433609)
   is a type of: faction, sect - a dissenting clique
   subtypes:

   • religious right - United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools
   • hard right - the extreme right wing
   same as: right wing
5. The hand that is on the right side of the body (synset 105572970)
   "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"
   is a type of: hand, manus, mitt, paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
   same as: right hand
6. A turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east (synset 100351826)
   "take a right at the corner"
   is a type of: turn, turning - the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
7. Anything in accord with principles of justice (synset 104857572)
   "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
   is a type of: justice, justness - the quality of being just or fair
   same as: rightfulness
8. (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing (synset 113362771)
   "mineral rights"; "film rights"
   domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
   is a type of: interest, stake - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something

1. Precisely, exactly (synset 400206480)
   "stand right here!"
2. Immediately (synset 400105849)
   "she called right after dinner"
3. Exactly (synset 400058571)
   "he fell flop on his face"
   domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
   same as: flop
4. Toward or on the right;
   Also used figuratively (synset 400389732)
   "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"
5. In the right manner;
   Correctly;
   Suitably (synset 400197608)
   "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
   same as: decent, decently, properly
6. An interjection expressing agreement (synset 400151409)
   same as: right on
7. (Southern regional intensive) very;
   To a great degree (synset 400032793)
   "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"
   domain usage: intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
   same as: mightily, mighty, powerful
8. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') (synset 400008423)
   "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"
   same as: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly
9. In accordance with moral or social standards (synset 400206553)
   "that serves him right"; "do right by him"
   same as: justly
10. In an accurate manner (synset 400205350)
    "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right"
    same as: aright, correctly

1. Make reparations or amends for (synset 202525657)
   "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • over-correct, overcompensate - make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
   • aby, abye, atone, expiate - make amends for
   same as: compensate, correct, redress
2. Put in or restore to an upright position (synset 201988748)
   "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   verb group: right - regain an upright or proper position
3. Regain an upright or proper position (synset 201988588)
   "The capsized boat righted again"
   is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
   verb group: right - put in or restore to an upright position
4. Make right or correct (synset 200200023)
   "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
   is a type of: change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary
   subtypes:

   • amend, rectify, remediate, remedy, repair - set straight or right
   • debug - locate and correct errors in a computer program code
   same as: correct, rectify

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