Definition of right | What does right mean?
What is the definition of the word RIGHT?
Here is a list of definitions for right.
- 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"
- 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"
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
- 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"
- 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"
- anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
- (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
What are the verbs of the word RIGHT?
Here is a list of definitions for right.
- make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
- put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
- regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
- make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
What are the synonyms of the word RIGHT?
What is another word for RIGHT?. Here is a list of synonyms for RIGHT
- RIGHT
- RIGHT FIELD
- RIGHTFIELD
- RIGHT WING
- RIGHT HAND
- RIGHTFULNESS
- COMPENSATE
- REDRESS
- CORRECT
- RECTIFY
Words beginning with RIGHT?
We only list the first 50 results for words beginning with RIGHT.
- righty
- rightwards
- rightward
- rightsizing
- rightsizes
- rightsized
- rightsize
- rights
- rightos
- righto
- rightnesses
- rightness
- rightmost
- rightly
- rightless
- rightists
- rightist
- rightisms
- rightism
- rightish
- rightings
- righting
- righties
- rightfulnesses
- rightfulness
- rightfully
- rightful
- rightest
- righters
- righter
- righteousnesses
- righteousness
- righteously
- righteous
- rightens
- rightening
- rightened
- righten
- righted
- rightable
- right
In which dictionaries does the word right exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes