alright

Meaning

Adj

Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order.

Adv

Alternative form of all right.

Intj

1. (informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
2. (UK, informal) A generic greeting; hello; how are you.

Synonyms

all right

okay

ok

🆗

fine

OK

🆗

good

👍

straight

O.K.

certainly

yes

well

right

very well

in the same way

legitimately

necessarily

nice

no doubt

offhandedly

or

proper

safe and sound

same

securely

sufficient

unfailingly

unmistakably

unquestionably

up

🆙

very

you bet

I see

the right way

ok⫷mn⫸

a’right

acceptable

agreed

aright

assuredly

confidently

correctly

definitely

easily

finished

for sure

in order

in that case

Translations

bien

👍

bem

bon

👍

bene

comme ça

proprement

d’accord

OK

🆗

est bon

alors

senza dubbio

comme

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: eallriht

In summary

Univerbation from all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”) (from eall + riht), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right.