right /raɪt/
1. 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"
synset: right
2. 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"
synset: right
3. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
synset: right_field, rightfield, right
4. those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
synset: right, right_wing
5. 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"
synset: right, right_hand
6. 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"
synset: right
7. anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
synset: right, rightfulness
8. (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
synset: right
1. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
synset: right, compensate, redress, correct
2. put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
synset: right
3. regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
synset: right
4. make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
synset: correct, rectify, right
1. 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"
synset: right
2. 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"
3. socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
4. in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"
synset: right
5. correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
6. 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"
7. of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
synset: right
8. in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"
synset: right
9. intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove"
synset: right, right-hand
10. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
11. having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"
synset: right
12. (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"
synset: right
13. (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog"; "a right fine day"
14. 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"
15. precisely accurate; "a veracious account"
1. precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
synset: right
2. immediately; "she called right after dinner"
synset: right
3. exactly; "he fell flop on his face"
4. toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"
synset: right
5. in the right manner; correctly; suitably; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
synset: properly, decently, decent, right
6. an interjection expressing agreement
7. (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"
synset: mighty, mightily, powerful, right
8. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"
synset: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole, right
antonym: partially, partly, part, in_part
9. in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him"
10. in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right"
synset: correctly, right, aright
antonym: incorrectly, wrongly, wrong
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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