Right

Quick meaning: Right is an adjective meaning Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.

Meaning

Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.

More Meanings

1. Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
2. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
3. Healthy, sane, competent.
4. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
5. (geometry) Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
6. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
7. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: starboard

That's not the right thing to do.

The road up ahead contains a right bend.

Rotate the bolt to the right to tighten it.

Word Forms

• righter
• rightmost
• rightest
• rights
• righting
• righted

Synonyms for right

Depending on context, synonyms include rightward, rightwise, rightways, exactly, just, precisely.

Antonyms for right

Common opposites include duty, obligation, left, left-hand, sinister, sinistral.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include straight, precise, right on, accurate, decently, satisfactory.

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