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
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
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
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
Definition: having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
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
Definition: the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
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
Definition: the inner or enclosed surface of something
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
Definition: within a building
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
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