Definition of right

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  • right is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • right is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
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Definition of right

  • make right or correct (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. correct
    2. rectify
  • correct in opinion or judgment (adjective)

    Examples

    1. time proved him right

    Synonyms

    1. correct
  • intended for the right hand (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a right-hand glove

    Synonyms

    1. right-hand
  • the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. right field
    2. rightfield
  • (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a right fine day

    Synonyms

    1. one
  • exactly (adverb)

    Synonyms

    1. flop
  • socially right or correct (adjective)

    Examples

    1. it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye

    Synonyms

    1. correct
  • (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree (adverb)

    Examples

    1. they have a right nice place

    Synonyms

    1. mightily
    2. mighty
    3. powerful
  • anything in accord with principles of justice (noun)

    Examples

    1. he feels he is in the right
    2. the rightfulness of his claim

    Synonyms

    1. rightfulness
  • in an accurate manner (adverb)

    Examples

    1. he guessed right

    Synonyms

    1. aright
    2. correctly
  • those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. right wing
  • in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure (adjective)

    Examples

    1. what's the right word for this?
    2. the right way to open oysters

    Synonyms

    1. correct
  • precisely accurate (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. veracious
  • free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the right answer
    2. took the right road
    3. the right decision

    Synonyms

    1. correct
  • to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') (adverb)

    Examples

    1. she felt right at home
    2. he fell right into the trap

    Synonyms

    1. all
    2. altogether
    3. completely
    4. entirely
    5. totally
    6. whole
    7. wholly
  • make reparations or amends for (verb)

    Examples

    1. right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

    Synonyms

    1. compensate
    2. correct
    3. redress
  • appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the right man for the job

    Synonyms

    1. proper
  • most suitable or right for a particular purpose (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the right time to act

    Synonyms

    1. good
    2. ripe
  • in the right manner; correctly; suitably (adverb)

    Synonyms

    1. decent
    2. decently
    3. properly
  • the hand that is on the right side of the body (noun)

    Examples

    1. he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left
    2. hit him with quick rights to the body

    Synonyms

    1. right hand
  • in accordance with moral or social standards (adverb)

    Examples

    1. that serves him right
    2. do right by him

    Synonyms

    1. justly
  • an interjection expressing agreement (adverb)

    Synonyms

    1. right on
  • an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (noun)

    Examples

    1. Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people
    2. a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away
  • a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east (noun)

    Examples

    1. take a right at the corner
  • being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north (adjective)

    Examples

    1. my right hand
    2. right center field
    3. a right-hand turn
    4. the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream
  • (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing (noun)

    Examples

    1. mineral rights
    2. film rights
  • having the axis perpendicular to the base (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a right angle
  • in conformance with justice or law or morality (adjective)

    Examples

    1. do the right thing and confess
  • in or into a satisfactory condition (adjective)

    Examples

    1. things are right again now
    2. put things right
  • location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east (noun)

    Examples

    1. he stood on the right
  • of or belonging to the political or intellectual right (adjective)
  • (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the right side of the cloth showed the pattern
    2. be sure your shirt is right side out
  • put in or restore to an upright position (verb)

    Examples

    1. They righted the sailboat that had capsized
  • regain an upright or proper position (verb)

    Examples

    1. The capsized boat righted again
  • toward or on the right; also used figuratively ()

    Examples

    1. he looked right and left
    2. the party has moved right

See definition of right in Merriam Webster