right - 37 definitions |
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| 1. | right -- an 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" |
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| 2. | right -- location 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" |
| antonyms: left -- location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left" |
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| 3. | right field -- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right |
| synonyms: right field, rightfield |
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| 4. | right -- those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged |
| synonyms: right wing |
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| 5. | right -- the 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" |
| synonyms: right hand |
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| 6. | right -- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner" |
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| 7. | right -- anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" |
| synonyms: rightfulness |
| antonyms: wrong -- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law; "he feels that you are in the wrong" , wrong -- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law; "he feels that you are in the wrong" |
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| 8. | right -- (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights" |
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| 9. | right -- make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
| synonyms: compensate, redress, correct |
| antonyms: wrong -- treat unjustly; do wrong to |
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| 10. | right -- put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
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| 11. | right -- regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again" |
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| 12. | correct -- make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| synonyms: correct, rectify |
| antonyms: falsify -- falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" |
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| 13. | right, rights -- to put in proper order or condition |
| synonyms: rights, righted, rightest, righting |
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| 14. | right -- being 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" |
| antonyms: left -- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream" |
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| 15. | correct -- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" |
| synonyms: correct |
| antonyms: incorrect -- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" , incorrect -- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" |
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| 16. | correct -- socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
| synonyms: correct |
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| 17. | right -- in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess" |
| antonyms: wrong -- contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie" |
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| 18. | right -- correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" |
| synonyms: correct |
| antonyms: wrong -- based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way" |
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| 19. | proper -- appropriate 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" |
| synonyms: proper |
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| 20. | right -- of or belonging to the political or intellectual right |
| antonyms: left -- of or belonging to the political or intellectual left , center -- of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually |
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| 21. | right -- in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right" |
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| 22. | right -- intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" |
| synonyms: right-hand |
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| 23. | correct -- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
| synonyms: correct |
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| 24. | right -- having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle" |
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| 25. | 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" |
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| 26. | good -- most 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" |
| synonyms: good, ripe |
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| 27. | veracious -- precisely accurate; "a veracious account" |
| synonyms: veracious |
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| 28. | right -- precisely, exactly; "stand right here!" |
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| 29. | right -- immediately; "she called right after dinner" |
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| 30. | right -- exactly; "he fell flop on his face" |
| synonyms: flop |
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| 31. | right -- toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" |
| antonyms: left -- toward or on the left; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left" |
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| 32. | properly -- in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" |
| synonyms: properly, decently, decent, in good order, the right way |
| antonyms: improperly -- in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly" |
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| 33. | right -- an interjection expressing agreement |
| synonyms: right on |
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| 34. | right -- completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" |
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| 35. | mighty -- (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" |
| synonyms: mighty, mightily, powerful |
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| 36. | justly -- in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" |
| synonyms: justly |
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| 37. | correctly -- in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" |
| synonyms: correctly, aright |
| antonyms: incorrectly -- in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong" , incorrectly -- in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong" |
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