| NOUN | attribute | right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature |
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| location | right | location near or direction toward the right side | |
| artifact | right, right field, rightfield | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's / catcher's right | |
| group | right, right wing | those who support political or social or economic conservatism | |
| body | right, right hand | the hand that is on the right side of the body | |
| act | right | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east | |
| attribute | right, rightfulness | anything in accord / accord with principles of justice | |
| possession | right | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | right | being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north |
| all | right, correct | free from error | |
| all | right, correct | socially right or correct | |
| all | right | in conformance with justice or law or morality | |
| all | right, correct | correct in opinion or judgment | |
| all | right, proper | appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs | |
| all | right | of or belonging to the political or intellectual right | |
| all | right | in or into a satisfactory condition | |
| all | right, right-hand | intended for the right hand | |
| all | right, correct | in accord / accord with accepted standards of usage / usage or procedure | |
| all | right | having the axis perpendicular to the base | |
| all | right | (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward | |
| all | right, one | used informally as an intensifier | |
| all | right, good, ripe | most suitable or right for a particular purpose | |
| all | right, veracious | precisely accurate | |
| ADVERB | all | right | precisely, exactly |
| all | right | immediately | |
| all | right, flop | exactly | |
| all | right | toward or on the right | |
| all | right, properly, decently, decent | in the right manner | |
| all | right, right on | an interjection / interjection expressing agreement | |
| all | right, mighty, mightily, powerful | (Southern regional intensive) very | |
| all | right, wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole | completely | |
| all | right, justly | in accordance with moral or social standards | |
| all | right, correctly, aright | in an accurate manner | |
| VERB | social | right, compensate, redress, correct | make reparations or amends for |
| motion | right | put in or restore to an upright position | |
| motion | right | regain an upright or proper position | |
| change | right, correct, rectify | make right or correct |
| Sounds | ray't | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north. | |
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| Attribute of | position, place | The particular portion of space occupied by something |
| Narrower | far | The animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle |
| right-hand | Located on or directed toward the right | |
| rightmost | farthest to the right | |
| starboard | Located on the right side of a ship or aircraft | |
| See also | right-handed | Using or intended for the right hand |
| Opposite | left | Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north |
| Spanish | derecho | |
| Meaning | Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth. | |
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| Synonym | correct | |
| Attribute of | correctness, rightness | conformity to fact or truth |
| Narrower | accurate, exact, precise | (of ideas, images, representations / representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth |
| letter-perfect, word-perfect | correct to the last detail | |
| straight | Following a correct or logical method | |
| See 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 | |
| Opposite | incorrect, wrong | not correct |
| Spanish | acertado, correcto, justo | |
| Catalan | correcte, encertat | |
| Nouns | rightness | conformity to fact or truth |
| Meaning | socially right or correct. | |
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| Example | "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye" | |
| Synonym | correct | |
| Broader | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| Spanish | bueno, correcto | |
| Catalan | bo, correcte | |
| Nouns | rightness | appropriate conduct |
| Meaning | In conformance with justice or law or morality. | |
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| Example | "do the right thing and confess" | |
| Attribute of | rightness | according with conscience or morality |
| Narrower | ethical, honorable, honourable | adhering to ethical and moral ... / moral principles |
| See also | ethical | conforming to accepted standards / 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 | |
| Opposite | wrong | contrary to conscience or morality or law |
| Spanish | apropiado, correcto | |
| Nouns | rightness | according with conscience or morality |
| Adverbs | rightly | with honesty |
| Meaning | correct in opinion or judgment. | |
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| Example | "time proved him right" | |
| Synonym | correct | |
| Narrower | right-minded | disposed toward or having views based on what is right |
| Opposite | wrong | Based on or acting or judging in error |
| Spanish | acertado, correcto | |
| Catalan | correcte, encertat | |
| Nouns | rightness | appropriate conduct |
| Meaning | Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs. | |
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| Example | "the right man for the job" | |
| Synonym | proper | |
| Broader | appropriate | Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc |
| Spanish | acertado, adecuado, apropiado, apto, auténtico, capaz, conveniente, correcto, decente, idóneo, indicado | |
| Catalan | adequat, adient, apropiat, apte, capaç, encertat, escaient, idoni, indicat | |
| Meaning | Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right. | |
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| Narrower | conservative | Having social or political views favoring conservatism |
| oldline, old-line | Adhering to conservative or reactionary principles | |
| reactionary, reactionist, far-right | Extremely conservative | |
| rightish | tending toward the political right | |
| rightist, right-wing | believing in or supporting tenets of the political right | |
| See also | conservative | resistant to change |
| Opposite | center | Of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually |
| left | Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left | |
| Spanish | derechista | |
| Meaning | In or into a satisfactory condition. | |
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| Broader | satisfactory | Giving satisfaction |
| Spanish | bien | |
| Meaning | Intended for the right hand. | |
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| Example | "a right-hand glove" | |
| Synonym | right-hand | |
| Broader | right-handed | Using or intended for the right hand |
| Spanish | derecho, diestro | |
| Meaning | In accord / accord with accepted standards of usage / usage or procedure. | |
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| Synonym | correct | |
| Broader | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| Spanish | correcto | |
| Catalan | correcte | |
| Meaning | Having the axis perpendicular to the base. | |
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| Example | "a right angle" | |
| Category | geometry | The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces |
| Broader | perpendicular | intersecting at or forming right angles |
| Spanish | perpendicular, recto | |
| Catalan | perpendicular, recte | |
| Meaning | (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward. | |
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| Broader | outside | relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit |
| Meaning | Used informally as an intensifier. | |
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| Synonym | one | |
| Broader | extraordinary | Beyond what is ordinary or usual / usual |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Meaning | Most suitable or right for a particular purpose. | |
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| Example | "the right time to act" | |
| Synonyms | good, ripe | |
| Broader | opportune | Suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | buen, bueno, ideal, idóneo | |
| Catalan | bo, ideal, idoni | |
| Meaning | precisely accurate. | |
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| Synonym | veracious | |
| Broader | accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
| Adverbs | right | in an accurate manner |
| Meaning | An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature. | |
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| Narrower | 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 | |
| entree, access, accession, admission, admittance | 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 ... / 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 | |
| preemption, pre-emption | The right to purchase something in advance of others | |
| prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right | A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) | |
| privilege | (law) the right to refuse / 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 | |
| water right, riparian right | Right of access to water | |
| Broader | abstraction, abstract | A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
| Spanish | derecho | |
| Catalan | dret | |
| Verbs | right | make reparations or amends for |
| Meaning | location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east. | |
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| Example | "he stood on the right" | |
| Narrower | stage right, right stage | The part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience |
| Broader | position, place | The particular portion of space occupied by something |
| Opposite | left | location near or direction toward the left side |
| Spanish | derecha | |
| Catalan | dreta | |
| Meaning | The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's / catcher's right. | |
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| Synonyms | right field, rightfield | |
| Part of | outfield | The area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases |
| Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
| Meaning | Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged. | |
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| Synonym | right wing | |
| Narrower | hard right | The extreme right wing |
| religious right | United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools | |
| Broader | faction, sect | A dissenting clique |
| Spanish | derecha | |
| Catalan | ala dreta, dreta | |
| Meaning | The hand that is on the right side of the body. | |
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| Synonym | right hand | |
| Broader | hand, manus, mitt, paw | The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb |
| Spanish | derecha, mano derecha, mano diestra | |
| Catalan | dreta, mà dreta | |
| Meaning | A turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east. | |
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| Example | "take a right at the corner" | |
| Broader | turn, turning | The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course |
| Meaning | Anything in accord / accord with principles of justice. | |
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| Synonym | rightfulness | |
| Broader | justice, justness | The quality of being just or fair |
| Opposite | wrong, wrongfulness | That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law |
| Spanish | legitimidad | |
| Catalan | legitimitat | |
| Meaning | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing. | |
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| Broader | interest, stake | (law) a right or legal share of something |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Verbs | right | make reparations or amends for |
| Meaning | precisely, exactly. | |
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| Example | "stand right here!" | |
| Spanish | justo | |
| Meaning | immediately. | |
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| Example | "she called right after dinner" | |
| Spanish | justo | |
| Meaning | exactly. | |
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| Synonym | flop | |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | correcto, de lleno, exactamente | |
| Meaning | Toward or on the right; also used figuratively. | |
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| Opposite | left | Toward or on the left |
| Spanish | bien | |
| Meaning | In the right manner. | |
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| Synonyms | properly, decently, decent | |
| Opposite | improperly | In an improper way |
| Meaning | An interjection / interjection expressing agreement. | |
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| Synonym | right on | |
| Meaning | (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree. | |
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| Example | "they have a right nice place" | |
| Synonyms | mighty, mightily, powerful | |
| Usage of | intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies |
| Meaning | Completely. | |
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| Synonyms | wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole | |
| Opposite | partially, partly, part, in part | In part |
| Spanish | cabalmente, completamente, enteramente, todo, totalmente | |
| Catalan | completament, totalment, tot | |
| Meaning | In accordance with moral or social standards. | |
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| Synonym | justly | |
| Spanish | justamente, merecidamente | |
| Meaning | In an accurate manner. | |
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| Example | "he guessed right" | |
| Synonyms | correctly, aright | |
| Opposite | incorrectly, wrongly, wrong | In an inaccurate manner |
| Spanish | correctamente | |
| Catalan | correctament | |
| Adjectives | right | precisely accurate |
| Meaning | make reparations or amends for. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" | |
| Synonyms | compensate, redress, correct | |
| Narrower | expiate, aby, abye, atone | make amends for |
| over-correct, overcompensate | make excessive corrections for fear of making an error | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | wrong | treat unjustly |
| Spanish | compensar, corregir, desagraviar, enmendar | |
| Catalan | compensar, corregir, redreçar | |
| Nouns | right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature |
| right | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing | |
| Meaning | put in or restore to an upright position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Similar to | right | regain an upright or proper position |
| Meaning | regain an upright or proper position. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The capsized boat righted again" | |
| Broader | change posture | Undergo a change in bodily posture |
| Similar to | right | put in or restore to an upright position |
| Spanish | enderezarse | |
| Meaning | make right or correct. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | correct, rectify | |
| Narrower | debug | Locate and correct errors in a computer program code |
| rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend | Set straight or right | |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
| Opposite | falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly |
| Spanish | corregir, rectificar | |
| Catalan | corregir | |
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