right
Other forms: rights; righted; righting; righter; rightest
Right is a direction, the opposite of left. Most people are right-handed. Right is also correct: the opposite of wrong.
Many times this word has something to do with what is good, proper, or correct, like the right thing to do. You can get the right answer to a question. You can be morally correct or "in the right." You can right a wrong by making up for an injustice. People have rights: in the U.S., we are guaranteed life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called the "Bill of Rights."
Definitions of right
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free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth“the right answer”“took the right road”“the right decision”synonyms: correctaccurateconforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracyaccurate, exact, precise(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correctletter-perfect, word-perfectcorrect to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact wordsstraightfollowing a correct or logical methodpropermarked by suitability or rightness or appropriatenesstrueconsistent with fact or reality; not falseantonyms:wrongnot correct; not in conformity with fact or truthinaccuratenot exacterroneouscontaining or characterized by errorfallaciousbased on an incorrect or misleading notion or informationimpropernot suitable or right or appropriatefalsenot in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
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precisely accurate
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socially right or correct
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in conformance with justice or law or morality“do the right thing and confess”synonyms:ethicalconforming to accepted standards of social or professional behaviorgoodmorally admirablejustused especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fittingpropermarked by suitability or rightness or appropriatenessantonyms:wrongcontrary to conscience or morality or lawunethicalnot conforming to approved standards of social or professional behaviorevilmorally bad or wrongunjustviolating principles of justiceimmoraldeliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrongimpropernot suitable or right or appropriatecondemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, viciousbringing or deserving severe rebuke or censurewickedmorally bad in principle or practice
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correct in opinion or judgment“time proved him right”synonyms: correctright-mindeddisposed toward or having views based on what is rightantonyms:wrongbased on or acting or judging in errorwrongheadedobstinately perverse in judgment or opinion
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appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs“the right man for the job”synonyms: properappropriatesuitable for a particular person, place, condition, etc.
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in or into a satisfactory condition
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in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
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most suitable or right for a particular purpose
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precisely, exactly“stand right here!”
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exactlysynonyms: flop
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in an accurate manner
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in the right mannersynonyms: decent, decently, in good order, properly, the right way
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in accordance with moral or social standards
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immediately“she called right after dinner”
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completely“she felt right at home”“he fell right into the trap”
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(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
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an interjection expressing agreementsynonyms: right on
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anything in accord with principles of justice“he feels he is in the right”synonyms: rightfulness
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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”types:accessthe right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)advowsonthe right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical beneficecabotagethe exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its bordersduethat which is deserved or owedfloorthe parliamentary right to address an assemblygranta right or privilege that has been grantedhuman 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 righta right based in lawexclusive right, perquisite, prerogative, privilegea 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 relationshiprepresentationthe right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative bodyright of actionthe legal right to sueright of searchthe right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search themright of waythe right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over anotherstates' rightsthe rights conceded to the states by the United States constitutionvoting rightthe right to vote; especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a companycompulsory processthe right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the courtconjugal rightthe right of married persons to the enjoyment of association and sympathy and confidence and domestic happiness and the comfort of living together and eating meals at the same table and profiting from joint property right and the intimacies of domestic relationsconjugal visitation, conjugal visitation rightthe legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourseeasement(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)privilege of the floorthe right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in sessionattorney-client privilegethe right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his clientinformer's privilegethe right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informerjournalist's privilegethe right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential informationhusband-wife privilege, marital communications privilegeneither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were marriedphysician-patient privilegethe right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patientpriest-penitent privilegethe right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchangesdooranything providing a means of access (or escape)right to privacyright to be free of unsanctioned intrusionright to lifethe right to liveright to libertythe right to be freeright to the pursuit of happinessthe right to try to find happinessfreedom of thoughtthe right to hold unpopular ideasequality before the lawthe right to equal protection of the lawscivil rightright or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equalityeminent domainthe right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be madeenfranchisement, franchisea statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)patent rightthe right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an inventionright of electionin probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statuteright of entrythe legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable mannerright of re-entrythe legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)right of offset(banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in defaultright of privacya legal right (not explicitly provided in the United States Constitution) to be left alone; the right to live life free from unwarranted publicityseatthe legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar bodyusufructa legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any wayvisitation rightthe right granted by a court to a parent (or other relative) who is deprived of custody of a child to visit the child on a regular basiscopyright, right of first publicationa document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic workpreemptive rightthe right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock; provides protection against dilution of the shareholder's ownership interestsubscription rightthe right of a shareholder in a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the publicland tenure, tenurethe right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding landsstandinga position from which one has the right to enforce a legal claim or seek redress in a court of lawvisitationthe right of a parent to spend time with a child in the custody of another parent or guardiantype of:
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(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
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make right or correct
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make reparations or amends forsynonyms: compensate, correct, redressantonyms:wrongtreat unjustly; do wrong totypes:
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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”synonyms:right-handedusing or intended for the right handfarbeing the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehiclerightmostfarthest to the rightright-handlocated on or directed toward the rightstarboardlocated on the right side of a ship or aircraftantonyms:leftbeing or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing northleft-handedusing or intended for the left handleft-handlocated on or directed toward the leftleftmostfarthest to the left
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intended for the right hand
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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:leftlocation near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces easttypes:
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a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
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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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the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's rightsynonyms: right field, rightfield
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toward or on the right; also used figuratively“he looked right and left”“the party has moved right”antonyms:lefttoward or on the left; also used figuratively
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having the axis perpendicular to the base“a right angle”synonyms:perpendicularintersecting at or forming right angles
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(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”synonyms:outsiderelating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
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put in or restore to an upright position
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regain an upright or proper position“The capsized boat righted again”type of:change postureundergo a change in bodily posture
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those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchangedsynonyms: right wingtypes:religious rightUnited States political faction that advocates social and political conservatism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schoolshard rightthe extreme right wing
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of or belonging to the political or intellectual rightsynonyms:conservativeresistant to changeconservativehaving social or political views favoring conservatismrightishtending toward the political rightantonyms:leftof or belonging to the political or intellectual leftcenterof or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectuallyliberaltolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditionfar leftradical or extremely liberalleftishtending toward the political leftliberalhaving political or social views favoring reform and progresscentrist, middle-of-the-roadsupporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative
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