Right - Definition

adv 1: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
2: immediately; "she called right after dinner"
3: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: right, flop]
4: toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked
right and left"; "the party has moved right" [ant: left]
5: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't
you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent,
in good order, right, the right way] [ant:
improperly]
6: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: right, right
on]
7: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the
trap"
8: (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" [syn: mighty,
mightily, powerful, right]
9: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves
him right"; "do right by him" [syn: justly, right]
10: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly
depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly,
right, aright] [ant: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly]
adj 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" [ant: left]
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" [syn: correct,
right] [ant: incorrect, wrong]
3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party
without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: correct,
right]
4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right
thing and confess" [ant: wrong]
5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn:
right, correct] [ant: wrong]
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" [syn: proper, right]
7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant:
center, left]
8: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again
now"; "put things right"
9: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn:
right(a), right-hand(a)]
10: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
"what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open
oysters" [syn: correct, right]
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"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
13: 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" [syn: good,
right, ripe]
14: precisely accurate; "a veracious account" [syn: veracious,
right]
n 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"
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" [ant: left]
3: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
[syn: right field, rightfield, right]
4: those who support political or social or economic
conservatism; those who believe that things are better left
unchanged [syn: 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" [syn: 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"
7: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he
is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn:
right, rightfulness] [ant: wrong, wrongfulness]
8: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom
in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
v 1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate,
redress, correct] [ant: wrong]
2: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the
sailboat that had capsized"
3: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat
righted again"
4: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the
calculation" [syn: correct, rectify, right] [ant:
falsify]