RIGHT

RIGHT 1 syllable

A1 · Beginner 📏 5 letters 🎲 Scrabble 9 ✅ valid word

Everyday English. Most learners know this.

noun
  1. an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
  2. location near or direction toward the right side
  3. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
  4. those who support political or social or economic conservatism

💬 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"
  • "i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east"
  • "he stood on the right"

🔗 Similar words

right_fieldrightfieldright_wingright_handrightfulness
verb
  1. make reparations or amends for
  2. put in or restore to an upright position
  3. regain an upright or proper position
  4. make right or correct

💬 Examples

  • "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
  • "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
  • "The capsized boat righted again"
  • "Correct the mistakes"

🔗 Similar words

compensateredresscorrectrectify
adjective
  1. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
  2. free from error
  3. socially right or correct
  4. in conformance with justice or law or morality

💬 Examples

  • "my right hand"
  • "right center field"
  • "especially conforming to fact or truth"
  • "the correct answer"

🔗 Similar words

correctproperright(a)right-hand(a)one(a)good
adverb
  1. precisely, exactly
  2. immediately
  3. exactly
  4. toward or on the right

💬 Examples

  • "stand right here!"
  • "she called right after dinner"
  • "he fell flop on his face"
  • "also used figuratively"

🔗 Similar words

flopproperlydecentlydecentright_onmighty
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