Right definition

Right as an adjective

1. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north

   "my right hand"

2. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

   "the right answer"

   Same sense: correct

3. socially right or correct

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

   Same sense: correct

4. in conformance with justice or law or morality

   "do the right thing and confess"

5. correct in opinion or judgment

   "time proved him right"

   Same sense: correct

6. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

   "the right man for the job"

   Same sense: proper

7. of or belonging to the political or intellectual right

8. in or into a satisfactory condition

   "things are right again now"

9. intended for the right hand

   "a right-hand glove"

   Same sense: right-hand

10. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

    "what's the right word for this?"

    Same sense: correct

11. having the axis perpendicular to the base

    "a right angle"

12. (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward

    "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"

13. (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier

    "a right fine day"

    Same sense: one

14. most suitable or right for a particular purpose

    "the right time to act"

    Same sense: good, ripe

15. precisely accurate

    Same sense: veracious

Right as an adverb

16. precisely, exactly

    "stand right here!"

17. immediately

    "she called right after dinner"

18. completely

    Same sense: flop

19. toward or on the right; also used figuratively

    "he looked right and left"

20. in the right manner; correctly; suitably

    Same sense: properly, decent, decently

21. an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct

    Same sense: right on

22. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

    "they have a right nice place"

    Same sense: powerful, mighty, mightily

23. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely

    "she felt right at home"

    Same sense: all, whole, completely, totally, entirely, altogether, wholly

24. in accordance with moral or social standards

    "that serves him right"

    Same sense: justly

25. in an accurate manner

    "he guessed right"

    Same sense: correctly, aright

Right as a noun

26. 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"

27. 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"

28. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

    Same sense: right field, rightfield

29. those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

    Same sense: right wing

30. the hand that is on the right side of the body

    "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"

    Same sense: right hand

31. 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"

32. anything in accord with principles of justice

    "he feels he is in the right"

    Same sense: rightfulness

33. (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing

    "mineral rights"

Right as a verb

34. make reparations or amends for

    "right a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust"

    Same sense: correct, compensate, redress

35. put in or restore to an upright position

    "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"

36. regain an upright or proper position

    "The capsized boat righted again"

37. make right or correct

    Same sense: correct, rectify

Synonyms and antonyms

• correct
• proper
• right-hand
• one
• good definition
• ripe
• veracious
• flop
• properly
• decent
• decently
• right on
• powerful
• mighty
• mightily
• all
• whole definition
• completely
• totally
• entirely
• altogether
• wholly
• justly
• correctly

Opposites: left, wrong, center, wrongly.

All synonyms of right, sense by sense

How to say right

Right has 1 syllable and rhymes with might. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with right

• might
• night
• white
• light
• quite
• fight
• site
• write
• tonight
• despite
• flight
• bright

All 170 words that rhyme with right

RIGHT in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

9

Anagrams

2

Is RIGHT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check RIGHT in the word checker, or unscramble RIGHT to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.