Right

Adjective

 * 1)  Straight, not bent.
 * 2) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
 * The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
 * 1) Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
 * I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
 * 1) Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
 * Is this the right software for my computer?
 * 1) Healthy, sane, competent.
 * I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
 * 1) Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
 * After the accident, her right leg was slighly shorter than her left.
 * 1)  To a great extent or degree.
 * Sir, I am right glad to meet you...
 * Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
 * The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci
 * 1)  Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
 * 2)  All right; not requiring assistance
 * 3) * 1986 David Williamson, "What If You Died Tomorrow," Collected plays, Volume 1, Currency Press, p310
 * KIRSTY: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat? / KEN: No. I'm right, thanks.
 * 1) * 2001 Catherine Menagé, Access to English, National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, NSW: Sydney, p25
 * When the sales assistant sees the customer, she asks Are you right, sir? This means Are you all right? She wants to know if he needs any help.
 * 1) * 2001 Morris Gleitzman, Two weeks with the Queen, Pan Macmillan Australia, p75
 * 'You lost?' / Colin spun round. Looking at him was a nurse, her eyebrows raised. / 'No, I'm right, thanks,' said Colin.

Synonyms

 * correct, just
 * dexter, dextral, right-hand
 * conservative, right-wing
 * see Appendix:English tag questions

Antonyms

 * bowed, crooked, curved
 * wrong
 * left

Derived terms

 * a broken clock is right twice a day
 * alright, all right
 * do right by
 * it's all right
 * Right Reverend
 * right angle
 * right as a trivet
 * right as rain
 * right away
 * righteous


 * right hand
 * right handed, right-handed
 * right-hand man
 * rightly
 * rightness
 * right off
 * right off the bat
 * right of way
 * right triangle
 * she'll be right

Adverb

 * 1) On the right side.
 * 2) Towards the right side.

Interjection

 * 1) Yes. Correct. I agree.
 * 2) Yes. I agree with whatever you say. I have no opinion.
 * 3) Signpost word used to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.

Derived terms

 * yeah right

Noun

 * 1) That which complies with justice, law or reason.
 * ''We're on the side of right in this contest.
 * 1) A legal or moral entitlement.
 * You have no right to go through my book.
 * 1) The right side or direction.
 * The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
 * 1)  The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
 * The political right holds too much power.

Synonyms

 * starboard, 3 o'clock

Antonyms

 * duty, obligation

Derived terms

 * bragging rights
 * human rights
 * Miranda rights
 * shop right


 * to the right
 * two wrongs don't make a right
 * two wrongs make a right

Verb

 * 1) To correct
 * Righting all the wrongs of the war will be impossible.
 * 1) To set upright
 * The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
 * 1)  To return to normal upright position.
 * When the wind died down, the ship righted.

Adverb

 * 1) Exactly, precisely.
 * The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
 * Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
 * 1)  Very, extremely, quite.
 * I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
 * I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
 * 1) * Ann Hite, Ghost on Black Mountain,
 * The fog was right hard to see through so I was on Tom Pritchard before I saw him.
 * 1) According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really

Synonyms

 * exactly, just, precisely, smack dab

Derived terms

 * right smart

Related terms

 * downright
 * upright

Adjectives for Right
outward; authoritative; individual; inalienable; hereditary; unrestricted; colonial; prescriptive; litigious; indefeasible; peculiar; legal; belligerent; relative; legitimate; marital; sacred; inviolable; unquestionable; undisputed; natural; respective; concrete; undoubted; exclusive; purchased; immemorial; substantial; inestimable; municipal; injured; prime; invaded; inborn; constitutional; derivative; inherent; obedient; vanquished; common; riparian (pi); conceded; poetical; autonomic; conjugal; functional; vested; unquestioned; beautiful; proprietary; antique; terrible; illimitable; civil; perfected; manorial; executive; formal; sable-vested; shameful; feudal; covenanted; immutable; invulnerable; unalterable; abstract; ecclesiastical; unclaimed; statut-able; possessory; proprietary; lucrative; impugned; questionable; absolute; vital; senescent; uhcontested; divine; irrevocable; provincial; vindicated.

Verbs for Right
abolish—; accord—; acknowledge—; arrogate—; assert—;  assume—;  cherish—; clamor for—; concede—; confer—; confiscate—; curtail—; defend—; deprive of—; derive—; dispose of—; dispute—; disregard —; earn—; embody—; encroach on—; establish—; exercise—; forfeit—; grant—; impair—; infringe upon—; insure—; invade ——; invest with—; prate of—s; preserve—; protest—; relinquish—; remand—; respect —; restore—; retain—; revoke—; safe¬guard—; surrender—; suspend—; suppress terminate—; transgress—; undermine uphold—; urge—; vindicate—; violate vouchsafe—; waive—; win—; wrest—; — resides with; —triumphs.

Thesaurus
Bill of Rights, Bircher, Bourbon, Christian, Declaration of Right, Epistle side, Magna Carta, Magna Charta, OK, Petition of Right, Roger, Tory, a propos, absolute, absolute interest, absolute power, absolutely, absoluteness, absolutism, acceptable, accepted, accommodate, accord, according to Hoyle, accuracy, accurate, accurately, acknowledged, acknowledgment, ad rem, adapt, adapted, adequate, adjust, adjust to, admitted, advantageous, advantageously, advisable, all right, all there, almighty, alright, alrighty, amen, amend, appanage, applicable, apposite, appropriate, appropriately, approved, appurtenance, apropos, apt, aptly, aright, arrange, arrowlike, as is proper, as is right, as you say, assimilate, assuredly, astarboard, at once, attention to fact, attune, auspicious, authentic, authoritative, authority, avenge, awfully, aye, balanced, bang, basis, becoming, befitting, being done, beneficial, benefit, birthright, bitter-ender, blameless, bona fide, bunkum, by all means, by right, by rights, call, canonical, capitally, care for truth, cause, certainly, civil, civil liberties, civil rights, claim, clean, clearheaded, clearminded, clockwise, cognizance, comely, comeuppance, comme il faut, common, compensate, competence, competency, complete, compos mentis, condign, condignly, conditioned, conformable, congruous, conjugal right, conscientious, conservatist, conservative, constituted authority, constitutional rights, contingent interest, convenient, conventional, coordinate, correct, correctitude, correctly, correctness, credit, creditable, crediting, customary, cut to, da, de rigueur, dead, dead ahead, dead right, dead straight, decanal side, decent, decorous, defensibility, defensible, definitely, delegated authority, delicacy, demand, deserts, deserved, deserving, desirable, dexter, dextrad, dextral, dextrally, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, die, die-hard, diehard, direct, directly, divine right, done, dovetailing, droit, drumhead justice, due, due north, dueness, duly, easement, emend, equalize, equitable, equitable interest, equitableness, equity, erect, estate, estimable, ethical, evangelical, even, evenhanded, evenhandedness, exact, exactitude, exactly, exactness, exceedingly, excellently, expedient, expressly, extreme right-winger, face, fact, factual, faculty, fair, fair and square, fairly, fairness, faithful, faithfully, faithfulness, famously, faultless, faultlessness, favorable, favorably, feasible, felicitous, fidelity, fine, finely, fineness, firm, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fittingly, fix, flat, flawless, flawlessness, flush, fogyish, formal, forthright, forthwith, foundation, freedom, front, fructuous, full, full of integrity, fundamentalist, gear to, geared, genteel, genuine, give satisfaction, give-and-take, good, good enough, good reason, goodness, ground, grounds, hale, happy, hard hat, harmonize, healthy, healthy-minded, hear, high-minded, high-mindedness, high-principled, highly respectable, holding, homologate, homologize, honest, honestly, honesty, honorable, honorableness, horizontal, human rights, immaculate, immediately, imperialist, in a beeline, in a line, in all conscience, in all respects, in every respect, in line with, in reason, inalienable right, indeed, indeedy, indirect authority, indubitable, inequity, inherent authority, injustice, instantly, integrity, interest, inviolate, ipsissimis verbis, irreproachable, irretrievably, irrevocably, it is that, ja, jus divinum, just, just right, just so, justice, justifiability, justifiable, justifiableness, justification, justified, justly, justness, kerplunk, key to, kosher, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, lawful, lawful authority, lawfulness, legal, legal authority, legal rights, legality, legitimacy, letter-perfect, level, liberty, license, licit, likely, limitation, lineal, linear, literal, literalism, literality, literally, literalness, literatim, lucid, mais oui, make all square, make good, make plumb, make right, make uniform, make up for, manly, material basis, mathematical precision, measure, measure for measure, meet, meet and right, meetness, mend, mentally sound, merit, merited, meshing, meticulous, meticulousness, mightily, mighty, monarchist, moral, morality, most assuredly, natural right, natural rights, naturally, naturellement, nemesis, nice, nicely, niceness, nicety, nobility, noble, normal, normative, of course, of sound mind, of the faith, off, okay, old liner, on the button, on the right, only, only too, open, opportune, opportunely, option, order, orthodox, orthodoxical, oui, out-and-out, overhaul, part, pat, patch, pay reparations, percentage, perfect, perfection, perfectly, perquisite, plain, plop, plumb, plump, plunk, poetic justice, point-blank, politic, positively, power, powerful, powerfully, precise, precisely, preciseness, precision, preferable, preferred, prerogative, prescription, presumptive right, pretense, pretension, pretext, pretty, principal, principled, privilege, profitable, profitably, promising, promptly, pronto, proper, proper claim, properly, properness, property right, propitious, proportion, propriety, pure, put, put and call, put in order, put in shape, put in tune, put right, put straight, put to rights, qualified, quickly, quite, radical right, rather, rational, reactionarist, reactionary, reactionist, real, really, reason, reasonable, received, recognition, recognized, recommendable, recompense, reconcile, recondition, reconstruct, rectify, rectilineal, rectilinear, rectitude, recto, redress, reduce to order, refinement, regality, regulate, relevant, remedy, remunerate, repair, repay, reputable, requisite, requite, respectable, retributive justice, revamp, revenge, right and proper, right as rain, right away, right field, right hand, right of entry, right off, right side, right wing, right you are, right-hand, right-minded, right-wing, right-winger, right-wingish, righteous, rightful, rightful authority, rightfully, rightfulness, rightist, rightly, rightness, righto, rights, rightward, rightwardly, rightwards, rigidity, rigidly, rigor, rigorous, rigorously, rigorousness, royal prerogative, royalist, royally, rude justice, ruler-straight, sane, sane-minded, satisfactorily, satisfactory, scales of justice, scriptural, scrupulous, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sensibly, set, set in order, set right, set straight, set to rights, set up, settle, settlement, severity, sharp, sheer, similarize, simon-pure, smack, smack-dab, smooth, so, social Darwinist, sort out, sortable, sound, sound-minded, spang, speedily, splendidly, spotless, spread, square, squarely, stainless, stake, standard, standpat, standpatter, starboard, starboard tack, stark, sterling, stock option, straddle, straight, straight across, straight ahead, straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, straight-up-and-down, straightaway, straighten out, straighten up, straightforward, straightforwards, straightly, strap, strategic, streamlined, strict, strict settlement, strictly, strictness, strip, substance, subtlety, sufficient, suitable, suitably, suited, suiting, summary justice, sure, sure thing, sure-enough, surely, swiftly, sync, synchronize, tailor, tailored, terribly, terrifically, textual, textualism, that is so, the letter, the say, the say-so, thorough, thoroughgoing, timely, title, to be desired, to be fair, to be sure, to the letter, to the point, to the purpose, to the right, together, tolerable, tory, traditional, traditionalistic, trim to, true, true up, true-blue, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, truly, trust, truth, truthful, tune, ultraconservative, unalienable rights, unalloyed, unbending, unbent, unblemished, unbowed, unbroken, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, uncurved, undefiled, undeflected, undeviating, undeviatingly, undistorted, undoubted, unerringly, unexceptional, unimpeachable, uninterrupted, unmitigated, unrelievedly, unsnarl, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unswerving, unswervingly, untarnished, unturned, unveeringly, upper, upright, uprighteous, uprightness, upstanding, urbane, use, useful, utter, valid, vamp, veracious, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, veridical, veritable, vertical, very, very well, vested authority, vested interest, vested right, vicarious authority, vindicate, virtue, virtuous, virtuousness, warrant, warrantability, warrantable, warranted, warrantedness, well, well and good, well-timed, what is owing, what is right, whip into shape, whole, wholesome, why yes, wise, without delay, without hesitation, word by word, word for word, worthwhile, worthy, yea, yeah, yeomanly, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree, you are right, you said it, you speak truly

Etymology 1
From right:, from  riht:, reht:, from, from  from. An Indo-European past participle, it became a Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognate with Dutch recht, German recht/Recht, Swedish rätt and rät, Danish ret, Norwegian rett, and Icelandic rétt. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek ὀρεκτός, Latin rectus and the Sanskrit ṛtá (ऋत)

Etymology 2
rihtan:, from riht:, from the same ultimate source as Etymology 1, above.

Adjective

 * Armenian: ուղիղ (uġiġ)
 * Basque: zuzen
 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: otse
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 곧다, 바르다
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:, rêk
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: ,
 * Norwegian: rett
 * Ojibwe: gwayak
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (diù),  (dtrohng)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: صحيح
 * Armenian: ճիշտ (č̣išt)
 * Basque: zuzen,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: correct, juist
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: oikea, oikeellinen
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Hindi: सही,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: rétt, réttur
 * Ido: korekta
 * Indonesian: benar, betul
 * Interlingua: correcte, juste
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 正しい
 * Korean: 옳다, 바르다


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:, durist
 * Sorani: ,
 * Latin:, ,
 * Macedonian: правилен,
 * Maltese:, , ,
 * Norwegian: riktig, rett
 * Ojibwe: gwayak
 * Persian: درست
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: సరైన (saraina)
 * Thai: ถูก, (chài)
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: صحیح
 * Vietnamese: phải, đúng, có lý (phải = 'right position' and correct, trái = left and wrong)
 * Volapük: verätik


 * Albanian: djathtë
 * Arabic: يمين
 * Armenian: աջ (aǰ)
 * Basque: zuzen
 * Bulgarian: десен, дясна, дясно (desen, djasna, djasno) m/f/n
 * Catalan: dret
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: rechts, rechtse
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Modern:
 * Ancient:
 * Guaraní: akatúvape
 * Hebrew: ימין (yemín)
 * Hiligaynon: tuô
 * Hindi: दाहिना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: dextra
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: dextere, dextre
 * Irish:


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:, rastê
 * Sorani:
 * Lakota: isloyatan
 * Latin:, ,
 * Macedonian:, ,
 * Malay:
 * Maltese:
 * Mi'kmaq: badadujk
 * Norwegian:
 * Ojibwe: gichinik
 * Persian:
 * Pitjantjatjara: waku
 * Polish: prawy, prawa , prawe
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: drept, dreapta
 * Romansch: dretg
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: desni, desna , desno
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kanan
 * Telugu: కుడి (kuDi)
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Armenian: ուղղահայաց (uġġahayac')
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Danish: ret, retvinklet
 * Esperanto: orta
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Icelandic: rétt horn
 * Japanese: 垂直 (すいちょく, suichokú), 直 (ちょく, chokú)
 * Macedonian:
 * Ojibwe: gwayak


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: లంబ (laMba)
 * Thai: (moom chààk)
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: vuông góc, thẳng góc (vuông = perpendicular, thẳng = straight).


 * Armenian: աջ (aǰ)
 * Bulgarian: десничарски (desničarski)
 * Croatian:
 * Danish: konservativ, højre-
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: de droite
 * Hebrew: של האגף הימני (shel ha-agaf ha-yemani)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 右翼 (うよく, uyokú)


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: rastgir,
 * Macedonian: десничарски,
 * Portuguese: de direita
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: desničarski
 * Spanish: de la derecha
 * Swedish: höger-
 * Thai: (fàày khwáá)
 * Turkish: ,


 * rechts, rechtse (1), recht (2), correct (3), juist (3), rechtschapen (3), rechtvaardig (3), eerlijk (3), billijk (3)
 * dextere, dextre (1); recte (2); correcte, juste (3)


 * dreapta (1), drept (2,3,4)
 * derecho (1,5), recto (2), correcto (3), justo (2,3)

Adverb

 * Arabic: على اليمين
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Japanese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: a la derecha
 * Ukrainian: зправа


 * Arabic: إلى اليمين
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi: दाहिने
 * Russian: направо


 * Serbo-Croatian: надесно, nadesno
 * Spanish: a la derecha
 * Ukrainian: направо

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: dret
 * Chinese: 權利, 权利 (quánlì)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ret, rettighed
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: yuro
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: derecto


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 権利 (けんり, kénri)
 * Korean: 권리 (gweolli)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:, heq
 * Sorani:
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: rett, rettighet
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: dreaptă
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: còir
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: karapatan
 * Telugu: హక్కు (hakku)
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: eskuin, eskubi,  eskuma
 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:, desna strana
 * Danish: højre side
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: oikea (puoli)
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: jobb oldal
 * Ido: dextro
 * Indonesian: sayap kanan
 * Interlingua: dextera, dextra
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 右 (みぎ, migí)


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:, rastê
 * Sorani:
 * Lakota: isloyatan
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: høyre siden
 * Ojibwe: gichinik
 * Polish: prawa
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: dreapta
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కుడి (kuDi)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: bên phải (on sb's right)


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: eskuin
 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: dextra
 * Indonesian: sayap kanan


 * Interlingua: dextera, dextra
 * Japanese: 右翼 (うよく, uyokú)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: rastgir,
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: prawica
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: dreapta
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: högern
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: cánh hữu (cánh = wing, hữu: sino-vietnamese word for phải)

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Basque: zuzendu
 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: napravit
 * Danish: rette, korrigere
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: korjata, oikeellistaa
 * French:
 * German: berichtigen, richtigstellen, korrigieren
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 訂正する (ていせいする, teiséi surú)


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: sererast kirin, rast kirin, durist kirin
 * Sorani:
 * Macedonian: поправа, исправа, корегира
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: popravljati / popraviti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: rätta, korrigera (minor corrections)
 * Thai: (gààe),  (dtahm nì pheùùa gààe khái)
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: suoristaa, kääntää oikein päin
 * Ojibwe: gwekibagizo
 * Russian: выпрямлять, выпрямить


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: rätta, räta (something which is almost—but not quite—the right way)
 * Thai: (seùù)
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * girth
 * grith