DICTOMETER

TIL HØYRE (Norwegian for "right")

(right, to right, to the right, derechos, hacia la derecha)

1. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   left
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • location near or direction toward the right side
   • i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
   Examples:
   • He stood on the right
   Antonyms:
   wrong, wrongfulness
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Right field
   • Rightfield
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Right
   • Right wing
   Definitions:
   • those who support political or social or economic conservatism
   • those who believe that things are better left unchanged
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Right
   • Right hand
   Definitions:
   • the hand that is on the right side of the body
   Examples:
   • He writes with his right hand but pitches with his left
   • Hit him with quick rights to the body
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
   Examples:
   • Take a right at the corner
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Right
   • Rightfulness
   Definitions:
   • anything in accord with principles of justice
   Examples:
   • He feels he is in the right
   • The rightfulness of his claim
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
   Examples:
   • Mineral rights
   • Film rights
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Right
   • Compensate
   • Redress
   • Correct
   Definitions:
   • make reparations or amends for
   Examples:
   • Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
   Antonyms:
   wrong
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • put in or restore to an upright position
   Examples:
   • They righted the sailboat that had capsized
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • regain an upright or proper position
   Examples:
   • The capsized boat righted again
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Correct
   • Rectify
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • make right or correct
   Examples:
   • Correct the mistakes
   • Rectify the calculation
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • LEFT
   • left-hand(prenominal)
   • leftmost
   • near(prenominal), nigh(prenominal)
   • port, larboard
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Correct
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • free from error
   • especially conforming to fact or truth
   Examples:
   • The correct answer
   • The correct version
   • The right answer
   • Took the right road
   • The right decision
   Antonyms:
   • INCORRECT
   • erroneous
   • fallacious
   • false, mistaken
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Correct
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • socially right or correct
   Examples:
   • It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
   • Correct behavior
   Antonyms:
   • Improper
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • in conformance with justice or law or morality
   Examples:
   • Do the right thing and confess
   Antonyms:
   • WRONG
   • condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious
   • base, immoral
   • misguided, mistaken
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Right
   • Correct
   Definitions:
   • correct in opinion or judgment
   Examples:
   • Time proved him right
   Antonyms:
   • HT
   • wrongheaded
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Proper
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
   Examples:
   • Everything in its proper place
   • The right man for the job
   • She is not suitable for the position
   Antonyms:
   • Inappropriate
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
   Antonyms:
   • LEFT
   • far left
   • leftish
   • leftist, left-of-center, left-wing
   • liberal center (vs. right) (vs. left)
   • centrist, middle-of-the-road
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • in or into a satisfactory condition
   Examples:
   • Things are right again now
   • Put things right
   Antonyms:
   • Unsatisfactory
   
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Right
   • Right-hand
   Definitions:
   • intended for the right hand
   Examples:
   • A right-hand glove
   Antonyms:
   • Left-handed
   • Ambidextrous
   • Two-handed
   
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Correct
    • Right
    Definitions:
    • in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
    Examples:
    • What's the right word for this?
    • The right way to open oysters
    Antonyms:
    • Improper
    
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Right
    Definitions:
    • having the axis perpendicular to the base
    Examples:
    • A right angle
    Antonyms:
    • Oblique
    • Parallel
    
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Right
    Definitions:
    • (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
    Examples:
    • The right side of the cloth showed the pattern
    • Be sure your shirt is right side out
    Antonyms:
    • Inside
    
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Good
    • Right
    • Ripe
    Definitions:
    • most suitable or right for a particular purpose
    Examples:
    • A good time to plant tomatoes
    • The right time to act
    • The time is ripe for great sociological changes
    Antonyms:
    • Inopportune
    
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Veracious
    • Right
    Definitions:
    • precisely accurate
    Examples:
    • A veracious account
    Antonyms:
    • Inaccurate
    
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • precisely, exactly
   Examples:
   • Stand right here!
   Antonyms:
   left
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • immediately
   Examples:
   • She called right after dinner
   Antonyms:
   incorrectly, wrongly, wrong
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Right
   • Flop
   Definitions:
   • exactly
   Examples:
   • He fell flop on his face
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • toward or on the right
   • also used figuratively
   Examples:
   • He looked right and left
   • The party has moved right
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Properly
   • Decently
   • Decent
   • In good order
   • Right
   • The right way
   Definitions:
   • in the right manner
   Examples:
   • Please do your job properly!
   • Can't you carry me decent?
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Right
   • Right on
   Definitions:
   • an interjection expressing agreement
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • completely
   Examples:
   • She felt right at home
   • He fell right into the trap
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Mighty
   • Mightily
   • Powerful
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • (Southern regional intensive) very
   • to a great degree
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Justly
   • Right
   Definitions:
   • in accordance with moral or social standards
   Examples:
   • That serves him right
   • Do right by him
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Correctly
    • Right
    • Aright
    Definitions:
    • in an accurate manner
    Examples:
    • The flower had been correctly depicted by his son
    • He guessed right