right
noun
1 right
An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.
Roget 737:
authority;
influence,
patronage,
power,
preponderance,
credit,
prestige,
prerogative,
jurisdiction;
right
etc.
(title)
924;
direction
etc.
693;
government
etc.
737.1.
divine right,
dynastic rights,
authoritativeness;
absoluteness,
absolutism;
despotism;
jus nocendi [Lat.];
jus divinum [Lat.].
mastery,
mastership,
masterdom†;
dictation,
control.
hold,
grasp;
grip,
gripe;
reach;
iron sway
etc.
(severity)
739;
fangs,
clutches,
talons;
rod of empire
etc.
(scepter)
747.
[Vicarious authority]
commission
etc.
755;
deputy
etc.
759;
permission
etc.
760.
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Roget 922:
right;
what ought to be,
what should be;
fitness
etc.
adj.;
summum jus [Lat.].
justice,
equity;
equitableness
etc.
adj.;
propriety;
fair play,
impartiality,
measure for measure,
give and take,
lex talionis [Lat.].
Astraea†,
Nemesis,
Themis.
scales of justice,
evenhanded justice,
karma;
suum cuique [Lat.];
clear stage,
fair field and no favor,
level playing field.
morals
etc.
(duty)
926;
law
etc.
963;
honor
etc.
(probity)
939;
virtue
etc.
944.
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Roget 924:
due,
dueness;
right,
privilege,
prerogative,
prescription,
title,
claim,
pretension,
demand,
birthright.
immunity,
license,
liberty,
franchise;
vested interest,
vested right.
sanction,
authority,
warranty,
charter;
warrant
etc.
(permission)
760;
constitution
etc.
(law)
963;
tenure;
bond
etc.
(security)
771.
claimant,
appellant;
plaintiff
etc.
938.
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Roget 780:
property,
possession,
suum cuique [Lat.],
meum et tuum [Lat.].
ownership,
proprietorship,
lordship;
seignority†;
empire
etc.
(dominion)
737.
interest,
stake,
estate,
right,
title,
claim,
demand,
holding;
tenure
etc.
(possession)
777;
vested interest,
contingent interest,
beneficial interest,
equitable interest;
use,
trust,
benefit;
legal estate,
equitable estate;
seizin [Law],
seisin [Law].
absolute interest,
paramount estate,
freehold;
fee tail,
fee simple;
estate in fee,
estate in tail,
estate tail;
estate in tail male,
estate in tail female,
estate in tail general.
limitation,
term,
lease,
settlement,
strict settlement,
particular estate;
estate for life,
estate for years,
estate pur autre vie [Fr.];
remainder,
reversion,
expectancy,
possibility.
dower,
dowry,
jointure†,
appanage,
inheritance,
heritage,
patrimony,
alimony;
legacy
etc.
(gift)
784;
Falcidian law,
paternal estate,
thirds.
assets,
belongings,
means,
resources,
circumstances;
wealth
etc.
803;
money
etc.
800;
what one is worth,
what one will cut up for;
estate and effects.
landed property,
landed real estate property;
realty;
land,
lands;
tenements;
hereditaments;
corporeal hereditaments,
incorporeal hereditaments;
acres;
ground
etc.
(earth)
342;
acquest†,
messuage,
toft†.
territory,
state,
kingdom,
principality,
realm,
empire,
protectorate,
sphere of influence.
manor,
honor,
domain,
demesne;
farm,
plantation,
hacienda;
allodium
etc.
(free)
748†;
fief,
fieff†,
feoff†,
feud,
zemindary†,
dependency;
arado†,
merestead†,
ranch.
free lease-holds,
copy lease-holds;
folkland†;
chattels real;
fixtures,
plant,
heirloom;
easement;
right of common,
right of user.
personal property,
personal estate,
personal effects;
personalty,
chattels,
goods,
effects,
movables;
stock,
stock in trade;
things,
traps,
rattletraps,
paraphernalia;
equipage
etc.
633.
parcels,
appurtenances.
impedimenta;
luggage,
baggage;
bag and baggage;
pelf;
cargo,
lading.
rent roll;
income
etc.
(receipts)
810;
maul and wedges [U.S.].
patent,
copyright;
chose in action;
credit
etc.
805;
debt
etc.
806.
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2 right
Location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east.
Dutch: rechts
3 right
4 right
Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged.
synonym: right wing.
Dutch: rechterhand, rechterkant, rechtervleugel, rechterzij, rechterzijde
Polish: prawica
5 right
6 right
A turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east.
Polish: prawoskręt
7 right
Anything in accord with principles of justice:
— He feels he is in the right.
— The rightfulness of his claim.
synonym: rightfulness.
Dutch: billijkheid, gelijk, redelijkheid
Polish: racja
8 right
frequently plural The interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.
verb
1 right
Make reparations or amends for:
— Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust.
synonyms: compensate, correct, redress.
2 right
Put in or restore to an upright position.
3 right
Regain an upright or proper position.
4 right
Make right or correct.
synonyms: correct, rectify.
Dutch: herzien, corrigeren, verbeteren
adjective
1 right
Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north.
Roget 926:
obligatory,
binding;
imperative,
peremptory;
stringent
etc.
(severe)
739;
behooving
etc.
v.;
incumbent on,
chargeable on;
under obligation;
obliged by,
bound by,
tied by;
saddled with.
due to,
beholden to,
bound to,
indebted to;
tied down;
compromised
etc.
(promised)
768;
in duty bound.
amenable,
liable,
accountable,
responsible,
answerable.
right,
meet
etc.
(due)
924;
moral,
ethical,
casuistical,
conscientious,
ethological.
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Roget 246:
straight;
rectilinear,
rectilineal†;
direct,
even,
right,
true,
in a line;
unbent,
virgate†
etc.
v.;
undeviating,
unturned,
undistorted,
unswerving;
straight as an arrow
etc.
(direct)
278;
inflexible
etc.
323.
laser-straight;
ramrod-straight.
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2 right
Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth:
— The right answer.
— Took the right road.
— The right decision.
synonym: correct.
Roget 924:
having a right to
etc.
v.;
entitled to;
claiming;
deserving,
meriting,
worthy of.
privileged,
allowed,
sanctioned,
warranted,
authorized;
ordained,
prescribed,
constitutional,
chartered,
enfranchised.
prescriptive,
presumptive;
absolute,
indefeasible;
unalienable,
inalienable;
imprescriptible†,
inviolable,
unimpeachable,
unchallenged;
sacrosanct.
due to,
merited,
deserved,
condign,
richly deserved.
allowable
etc.
(permitted)
760;
lawful,
licit,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963.
square,
unexceptionable,
right;
equitable
etc.
922;
due,
en r gle;
fit,
fitting;
correct,
proper,
meet,
befitting,
becoming,
seemly;
decorous;
creditable,
up to the mark,
right as a trivet;
just the thing,
quite the thing;
selon les r gles [Fr.].
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Roget 939:
upright;
honest,
honest as daylight;
veracious
etc.
543;
virtuous
etc.
944;
honorable;
fair,
right,
just,
equitable,
impartial,
evenhanded,
square;
fair and aboveboard,
open and aboveboard;
white [U.S.].
constant,
constant as the northern star;
faithful,
loyal,
staunch;
true,
true blue,
true to one's colors,
true to the core,
true as the needle to the pole;
marble-constant"
[Antony and Cleopatra];
true-hearted,
trusty,
trustworthy;
as good as one's word,
to be depended on,
incorruptible.
straightforward
etc.
(ingenuous)
703;
frank,
candid,
open-hearted.
conscientious,
tender-conscienced,
right-minded;
high-principled,
high-minded;
scrupulous,
religious,
strict;
nice,
punctilious,
correct,
punctual;
respectable,
reputable;
gentlemanlike†.
inviolable,
inviolate;
unviolated†,
unbroken,
unbetrayed;
unbought,
unbribed†.
innocent
etc.
946;
pure,
stainless;
unstained,
untarnished,
unsullied,
untainted,
unperjured†;
uncorrupt,
uncorrupted;
undefiled,
undepraved†,
undebauched†;
integer vitae scelerisque purus [Lat.]
[Horace];
justus et tenax propositi [Lat.]
[Horace].
chivalrous,
jealous of honor,
sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.];
high-spirited.
supramundane†,
unworldly,
other-worldly,
overscrupulous†.
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Roget 944:
virtuous,
good;
innocent
etc.
946;
meritorious,
deserving,
worthy,
desertful†,
correct;
dutiful,
duteous;
moral;
right,
righteous,
right-minded;
well-intentioned,
creditable,
laudable,
commendable,
praiseworthy;
above all praise,
beyond all praise;
excellent,
admirable;
sterling,
pure,
noble;
whole-souled†.
exemplary;
matchless,
peerless;
saintly,
saint-like;
heaven-born,
angelic,
seraphic,
godlike.
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Roget 494:
real,
actual
etc.
(existing)
1;
veritable,
true;
right,
correct;
certain
etc.
474;
substantially true,
categorically true,
definitively true
&c.;
true to the letter,
true as gospel;
unimpeachable;
veracious
etc.
543;
unreconfuted†,
unconfuted†;
unideal†,
unimagined;
realistic.
exact,
accurate,
definite,
precise,
well-defined,
just,
just so,
so;
strict,
severe;
close
etc.
(similar)
17;
literal;
rigid,
rigorous;
scrupulous
etc.
(conscientious)
939;
religiously exact,
punctual,
mathematical,
scientific;
faithful,
constant,
unerring;
curious,
particular,
nice,
delicate,
fine;
clean-cut,
clear-cut.
verified,
empirically true,
experimentally verified,
substantiated,
proven
(demonstrated)
478.
rigorously true,
unquestionably true.
true by definition.
genuine,
authentic,
legitimate;
orthodox
etc.
983.1;
official,
ex officio.
pure,
natural,
sound,
sterling;
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed,
uncolored;
in its true colors;
pukka†.
well-grounded,
well founded;
solid,
substantial,
tangible,
valid;
undistorted,
undisguised;
unaffected,
unexaggerated,
unromantic,
unflattering.
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3 right
Socially right or correct:
— It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye.
synonym: correct.
4 right
In conformance with justice or law or morality.
5 right
Correct in opinion or judgment:
— Time proved him right.
synonym: correct.
6 right
Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs:
— The right man for the job.
synonym: proper.
7 right
Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right.
Polish: konserwatywny, prawicowy, prawy
8 right
In or into a satisfactory condition.
9 right
Intended for the right hand:
— A right-hand glove.
synonym: right-hand.
10 right
In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure:
— What's the right word for this?.
— The right way to open oysters.
synonym: correct.
11 right
Having the axis perpendicular to the base.
12 right
of the side of cloth or clothing Facing or intended to face outward.
13 right
informal Very; used informally as an intensifier:
— A right fine day.
synonym: one.
14 right
Most suitable or right for a particular purpose:
— The right time to act.
synonyms: good, ripe.
Roget 922:
right,
good;
just,
reasonable;
fit
etc.
924;
equal,
equable,
equatable†;
evenhanded,
fair.
legitimate,
justifiable,
rightful;
as it should be,
as it ought to be;
lawful
etc.
(permitted)
760,
(legal)
963.
deserved
etc.
924.
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15 right
adverb
1 right
2 right
3 right
4 right
Toward or on the right; also used figuratively.
5 right
6 right
An interjection expressing agreement.
synonym: right on.
7 right
Southern regional intensive Very; to a great degree:
— They have a right nice place.
synonyms: mightily, mighty, powerful.
8 right
9 right
In accordance with moral or social standards:
— That serves him right.
— Do right by him.
synonym: justly.
10 right
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