| right | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. 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"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| ~ access | the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership). |
| ~ advowson | the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice. |
| ~ cabotage | the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders. |
| ~ claim, title | an informal right to something.; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" |
| ~ due | that which is deserved or owed.; "give the devil his due" |
| ~ access, admittance, entree, admission, accession | the right to enter. |
| ~ floor | the parliamentary right to address an assembly.; "the chairman granted him the floor" |
| ~ grant | a right or privilege that has been granted. |
| ~ human right | (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law). |
| ~ legal right | a right based in law. |
| ~ pre-emption, preemption | the right to purchase something in advance of others. |
| ~ exclusive right, prerogative, perquisite, privilege | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right).; "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" |
| ~ privilege | (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship. |
| ~ representation | the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body. |
| ~ right of action | the legal right to sue. |
| ~ right of search | the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them. |
| ~ right of way | the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another. |
| ~ states' rights | the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution. |
| ~ voting right | the right to vote; especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company. |
| ~ riparian right, water right | right of access to water. |
| ~ abstract, abstraction | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| n. (location) | 2. right | 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" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| ~ right stage, stage right | the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. right, right field, rightfield | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right. |
| ~ outfield | the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| n. (group) | 4. right, right wing | those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged. |
| ~ faction, sect | a dissenting clique. |
| ~ religious right | United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools. |
| ~ hard right | the extreme right wing. |
| n. (body) | 5. right, right hand | 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" |
| ~ hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| n. (act) | 6. right | 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" |
| ~ turning, turn | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.; "he took a turn to the right" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. right, rightfulness | anything in accord with principles of justice.; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" |
| ~ justice, justness | the quality of being just or fair. |
| n. (possession) | 8. right | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.; "mineral rights"; "film rights" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ stake, interest | (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something.; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future" |
| v. (social) | 9. compensate, correct, redress, right | make reparations or amends for.; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ over-correct, overcompensate | make excessive corrections for fear of making an error. |
| ~ aby, abye, atone, expiate | make amends for.; "expiate one's sins" |
| v. (motion) | 10. right | put in or restore to an upright position.; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ right | regain an upright or proper position.; "The capsized boat righted again" |
| v. (motion) | 11. right | regain an upright or proper position.; "The capsized boat righted again" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ right | put in or restore to an upright position.; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" |
| v. (change) | 12. correct, rectify, right | make right or correct.; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| ~ change by reversal, reverse, turn | change to the contrary.; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" |
| ~ remediate, remedy, amend, rectify, repair | set straight or right.; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" |
| ~ debug | locate and correct errors in a computer program code.; "debug this program" |
| adj. | 13. right | 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" |
| ~ right-handed | using or intended for the right hand.; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" |
| ~ far | being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle.; "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse" |
| ~ rightmost | farthest to the right.; "in the rightmost line of traffic" |
| ~ right-hand | located on or directed toward the right.; "a right-hand turn" |
| ~ starboard | located on the right side of a ship or aircraft. |
| adj. | 14. correct, right | 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" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| ~ accurate, exact, precise | (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct.; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" |
| ~ letter-perfect, word-perfect | correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words.; "a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy"; "she was word-perfect in her part" |
| ~ straight | following a correct or logical method.; "straight reasoning" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| adj. | 15. correct, right | socially right or correct.; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| adj. | 16. right | in conformance with justice or law or morality.; "do the right thing and confess" |
| ~ ethical | conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior.; "an ethical lawyer"; "ethical medical practice"; "an ethical problem"; "had no ethical objection to drinking"; "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants" |
| ~ good | morally admirable. |
| ~ just | used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting.; "a just and lasting peace"; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| ~ honourable, ethical, honorable | adhering to ethical and moral principles.; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action" |
| adj. | 17. correct, right | correct in opinion or judgment.; "time proved him right" |
| ~ right-minded | disposed toward or having views based on what is right.; "respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have" |
| adj. | 18. proper, right | 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" |
| ~ appropriate | suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" |
| adj. | 19. right | of or belonging to the political or intellectual right. |
| ~ conservative | resistant to change. |
| ~ conservative | having social or political views favoring conservatism. |
| ~ old-line, oldline | adhering to conservative or reactionary principles.; "an oldline senator" |
| ~ far-right, reactionary, reactionist | extremely conservative. |
| ~ rightish | tending toward the political right. |
| ~ right-wing, rightist | believing in or supporting tenets of the political right. |
| adj. | 20. right | in or into a satisfactory condition.; "things are right again now"; "put things right" |
| ~ satisfactory | giving satisfaction.; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" |
| adj. | 21. right, right-hand | intended for the right hand.; "a right-hand glove" |
| ~ right-handed | using or intended for the right hand.; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" |
| adj. | 22. correct, right | in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| adj. | 23. right | having the axis perpendicular to the base.; "a right angle" |
| ~ geometry | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces. |
| ~ perpendicular | intersecting at or forming right angles.; "the axes are perpendicular to each other" |
| adj. | 24. right | (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" |
| ~ outside | relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit.; "an outside margin" |
| adj. | 25. good, right, ripe | 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" |
| ~ opportune | suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose.; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival" |
| adj. | 26. right, veracious | precisely accurate.; "a veracious account" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| adv. | 27. right | precisely, exactly.; "stand right here!" |
| adv. | 28. right | immediately.; "she called right after dinner" |
| adv. | 29. flop, right | exactly.; "he fell flop on his face" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| adv. | 30. right | toward or on the right; also used figuratively.; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" |
| adv. | 31. decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way | in the right manner.; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" |
| adv. | 32. right, right on | an interjection expressing agreement. |
| adv. | 33. right | completely.; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" |
| adv. | 34. mightily, mighty, powerful, right | (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" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| adv. | 35. justly, right | in accordance with moral or social standards.; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" |
| adv. | 36. aright, correctly, right | in an accurate manner.; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" |
| really | | |
| adv. | 1. genuinely, really, truly | in accordance with truth or fact or reality.; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us" |
| adv. | 2. actually, really | in actual fact.; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" |
| adv. | 3. in truth, really, truly | in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers).; "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| adv. | 4. rattling, real, really, very | used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal.; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" |
| believe | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| ~ understand, infer | believe to be the case.; "I understand you have no previous experience?" |
| ~ swallow | believe or accept without questioning or challenge.; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" |
| ~ buy | accept as true.; "I can't buy this story" |
| ~ believe | follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer.; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| ~ rely, trust, swear, bank | have confidence or faith in.; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
| ~ believe in | have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something.; "John believes in oat bran" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. believe, conceive, consider, think | judge or regard; look upon; judge.; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" |
| ~ hold | remain committed to.; "I hold to these ideas" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ rethink | change one's mind.; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation" |
| ~ think | dispose the mind in a certain way.; "Do you really think so?" |
| ~ look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, esteem, look on, think of | look on as or consider.; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" |
| ~ feel | have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude.; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. believe, trust | be confident about something.; "I believe that he will come back from the war" |
| ~ anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely.; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. believe | follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer.; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| ~ believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| ~ misbelieve | hold a false or unorthodox belief. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. believe | credit with veracity.; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?" |
| ~ credit | have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of. |
| heed | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).; "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" |
| ~ attending, attention | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others. |
| ~ advertence, advertency | the process of being heedful. |
| v. (social) | 2. heed, listen, mind | pay close attention to; give heed to.; "Heed the advice of the old men" |
| ~ obey | be obedient to. |
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