right
Adjective
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also: right-handed - using or intended for the right handsimilar 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
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also:tells us about: correctness, rightness - conformity to fact or truthsimilar 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 -
similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriatenesssame as: correct
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also:tells us about: rightness - according with conscience or morality
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similar to: right-minded - disposed toward or having views based on what is rightsame as: correct
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similar to: appropriate - suitable for a particular person or place or condition etcsame as: proper
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also: conservative - resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religionsimilar 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
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similar to: satisfactory - giving satisfaction
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similar to: right-handed - using or intended for the right handsame as: right-hand
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similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriatenesssame as: correct
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referred to in: geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfacessimilar to: perpendicular - intersecting at or forming right angles
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similar to: outside - relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
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domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsimilar to: extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkablesame as: one
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similar to: opportune - suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
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similar to: accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracysame as: veracious
Noun
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is a type of: abstract, abstraction - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instancesubtypes:
- 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
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subtypes: right stage, stage right - the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience
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is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of landis a part of: outfield - the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the basessame as: right field, rightfield
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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 -
same as: right hand
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same as: rightfulness
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domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Adverb
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domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsame as: flop
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same as: right on
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domain usage: intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
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same as: justly
Verb
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subtypes:
- over-correct, overcompensate - make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
- aby, abye, atone, expiate - make amends for
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verb group: right - regain an upright or proper position
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is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily postureverb group: right - put in or restore to an upright position
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