right

1. 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. 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. similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
   same as: correct
4. 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. similar to: right-minded - disposed toward or having views based on what is right
   same as: correct
6. similar to: appropriate - suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
   same as: proper
7. 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. similar to: satisfactory - giving satisfaction
9. similar to: right-handed - using or intended for the right hand
   same as: right-hand
10. similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    same as: correct
11. 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. similar to: outside - relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
13. 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. similar to: opportune - suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
    same as: good, ripe
15. similar to: accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
    same as: veracious

1. 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. 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. 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. 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. is a type of: hand, manus, mitt, paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
   same as: right hand
6. is a type of: turn, turning - the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
7. is a type of: justice, justness - the quality of being just or fair
   same as: rightfulness
8. 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

3. domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
   same as: flop
5. same as: decent, decently, properly
6. same as: right on
7. domain usage: intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
   same as: mightily, mighty, powerful
8. same as: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly
9. same as: justly
10. same as: aright, correctly

1. 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. 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. is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
   verb group: right - put in or restore to an upright position
4. 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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