Antonyms for right

Antonyms for (noun) right

Main entry: right, rightfulness

Definition: anything in accord with principles of justice

Usage: he feels he is in the right; the rightfulness of his claim

Antonyms: wrong, wrongfulness

Definition: that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law


Main entry: right

Definition: location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east

Usage: he stood on the right

Antonyms: left

Definition: location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east


Antonyms for (verb) right

Main entry: compensate, redress, right, correct

Definition: make reparations or amends for

Usage: right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

Antonyms: wrong

Definition: treat unjustly; do wrong to


Main entry: rectify, right, correct

Definition: make right or correct

Usage: Correct the mistakes; rectify the calculation

Antonyms: falsify

Definition: falsify knowingly


Antonyms for (adj) right

Main entry: right, correct

Definition: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

Usage: the correct answer; the correct version; the right answer; took the right road; the right decision

Antonyms: wrong, incorrect

Definition: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth


Antonyms: curly

Definition: (of hair) having curls or waves


Antonyms: crooked

Definition: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned


Antonyms: curved, curving

Definition: having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend


Antonyms: corrupt, crooked

Definition: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive


Antonyms: inexact

Definition: not exact


Antonyms: inaccurate

Definition: not exact


Antonyms: imprecise

Definition: not precise


Main entry: right, correct

Definition: correct in opinion or judgment

Usage: time proved him right

Antonyms: wrong

Definition: based on or acting or judging in error


Main entry: right

Definition: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right

Antonyms: left

Definition: of or belonging to the political or intellectual left


Antonyms: center

Definition: of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually


Antonyms: progressive, liberal, liberalist

Definition: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties


Antonyms: liberal

Definition: tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition


Main entry: right

Definition: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north

Usage: 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

Antonyms: left

Definition: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north


Antonyms: larboard, port

Definition: the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose


Antonyms: near, nigh, close

Definition: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances


Main entry: right

Definition: in conformance with justice or law or morality

Usage: do the right thing and confess

Antonyms: wrong

Definition: contrary to conscience or morality or law


Antonyms: unethical

Definition: not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior


Antonyms: dishonorable, dishonourable

Definition: lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor


Main entry: right

Definition: having the axis perpendicular to the base

Usage: a right angle

Antonyms: parallel

Definition: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting


Antonyms: oblique

Definition: slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled


Main entry: right

Definition: (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward

Usage: the right side of the cloth showed the pattern; be sure your shirt is right side out

Antonyms: inside, interior

Definition: the inner or enclosed surface of something


Antonyms: inside, interior

Definition: the region that is inside of something


Antonyms: inside

Definition: relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space


Antonyms: indoors, inside

Definition: within a building


Antonyms: inside, within

Definition: on the inside


Main entry: right, proper

Definition: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

Usage: everything in its proper place; the right man for the job; she is not suitable for the position

Antonyms: inappropriate

Definition: not suitable for a particular occasion etc


Main entry: right, veracious

Definition: precisely accurate

Usage: a veracious account

Antonyms: inaccurate

Definition: not exact


Main entry: right, correct

Definition: socially right or correct

Usage: it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye; correct behavior

Antonyms: improper

Definition: not suitable or right or appropriate


Main entry: correct, right

Definition: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

Usage: what's the right word for this?; the right way to open oysters

Antonyms: improper

Definition: not suitable or right or appropriate


Main entry: right, right-hand

Definition: intended for the right hand

Usage: a right-hand glove

Antonyms: left-handed

Definition: using or intended for the left hand


Antonyms: ambidextrous, two-handed

Definition: equally skillful with each hand


Main entry: right

Definition: in or into a satisfactory condition

Usage: things are right again now; put things right

Antonyms: unsatisfactory

Definition: not giving satisfaction


Main entry: good, right, ripe

Definition: most suitable or right for a particular purpose

Usage: a good time to plant tomatoes; the right time to act; the time is ripe for great sociological changes

Antonyms: inopportune

Definition: not opportune


Antonyms for (adv) right

Main entry: correctly, aright, right

Definition: in an accurate manner

Usage: the flower had been correctly depicted by his son; he guessed right

Antonyms: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly

Definition: in an inaccurate manner


Main entry: right

Definition: toward or on the right; also used figuratively

Usage: he looked right and left; the party has moved right

Antonyms: left

Definition: toward or on the left; also used figuratively


Main entry: in good order, right, properly, the right way, decent, decently

Definition: in the right manner

Usage: please do your job properly!; can't you carry me decent?

Antonyms: improperly

Definition: in an improper way


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