right

• (r) precisely, exactly
  • stand right here!
• (a) 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
• (r) immediately
  • she called right after dinner
• (a) 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
  correct,
• (r) exactly
  • he fell flop on his face
  flop,
• (s) socially right or correct
  • it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
  • correct behavior
  correct,
• (r) toward or on the right; also used figuratively
  • he looked right and left
  • the party has moved right
• (a) in conformance with justice or law or morality
  • do the right thing and confess
• (a) correct in opinion or judgment
  • time proved him right
  correct,
• (r) in the right manner
  • please do your job properly!
  • can't you carry me decent?
  decent, in good order, properly, the right way, decently,
• (s) 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
  proper,
• (r) an interjection expressing agreement right on,
• (a) of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
• (r) completely
  • she felt right at home
  • he fell right into the trap
• (r) (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
  mighty, powerful, mightily,
• (s) in or into a satisfactory condition
  • things are right again now
  • put things right
• (r) in accordance with moral or social standards
  • that serves him right
  • do right by him
  justly,
• (s) intended for the right hand
  • a right-hand glove
  right-hand,
• (s) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
  • what's the right word for this?
  • the right way to open oysters
  correct,
• (r) in an accurate manner
  • the flower had been correctly depicted by his son
  • he guessed right
  aright, correctly,
• (s) having the axis perpendicular to the base
  • a right angle
• (s) (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
• (s) 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
  ripe, good,
• (s) precisely accurate
  • a veracious account
  veracious,

Nouns

• (n) 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
• (n) 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
• (n) the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right rightfield, right field,
• (n) those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged right wing,
• (n) 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
  right hand,
• (n) 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
• (n) anything in accord with principles of justice
  • he feels he is in the right
  • the rightfulness of his claim
  rightfulness,
• (n) (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
  • mineral rights
  • film rights

Verbs

• (v) make reparations or amends for
  • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
  redress, correct, compensate,
• (v) put in or restore to an upright position
  • They righted the sailboat that had capsized
• (v) regain an upright or proper position
  • The capsized boat righted again
• (v) make right or correct
  • Correct the mistakes
  • rectify the calculation
  correct, rectify,

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Words of close approximity