right

Meaning

Adj

1. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
2. Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
3. Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
4. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
5. Healthy, sane, competent.
6. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
7. Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
8. Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
9. Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
10. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
11. Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
12. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
13. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
14. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
15. Of or relating to the right whale.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) On the right side.
2. (not-comparable) Towards the right side.
3. (not-comparable) Exactly, precisely.
4. (not-comparable) Immediately, directly.
5. (British, US, dialectal, not-comparable) Very, extremely, quite.
6. (not-comparable) According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
7. (not-comparable) In a correct manner.
8. (dated, not-comparable) To a great extent or degree.

Intj

1. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
2. I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
3. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
4. Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
5. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.

Noun

1. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
2. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
3. The right side or direction.
4. The right hand or fist.
5. The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
6. The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
7. The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
8. A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

Verb

1. (transitive) To correct.
2. (transitive) To set upright.
3. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
4. (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

Opposite of

left, left-hand, sinister, sinistral, wrong, incorrect, unjust, left-wing, liberal, bowed, crooked, curved

Synonyms

correct

proper

just

true

straight

suitable

good

👍

fit

privilege

appropriate

accurate

fair

exact

yes

fitting

exactly

title

correctly

properly

justice

righteous

right-hand

reasonable

claim

authority

aright

real

due

well

right hand

equitable

directly

right side

prerogative

direct

power

rectify

normal

decent

dexter

correctness

very

to the right

right-angled

sound

🔉

legitimate

apt

immediately

acceptable

all right

Translations

droit

derecho

juste

droite

destra

correct

correcto

derecha

➡️

richtig

rechts

diritto

recht

rechts

direito

Recht

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹaɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: right

Inherited from Old English: riht

Cognate with Western Frisian: rjocht

Cognate with Dutch: recht

Cognate with German: recht

Cognate with Swedish: rätt

Cognate with Danish: ret

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: rett

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: rett

Cognate with Icelandic: rétt

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ὀρεκτός

Cognate with Latin: rēctus

Cognate with Albanian: drejt

Inherited from Old English: rihte

Cognate with German: Recht

Inherited from Middle English: righten

Inherited from Old English: rihtan

In summary

From Middle English right, from Old English riht, reht (“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).
The Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian rjocht (“right”), Dutch recht (“straight”), German recht and Recht (“right”), Luxembourgish Recht, riets (“right”), riicht (“straight”), Yiddish רעכט (rekht, “right”), Danish ret (“right”), Faroese rættur (“right”), Icelandic réttur (“right”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk rett (“right”), Swedish rätt, rät (“right”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós) and Latin rēctus; Albanian drejt was borrowed from Latin.

Sentences

I then take over and put you on the right lines .

But the Judge of all the earth will surely do right .

I was just in town earlier this year , so it is kind of crazy to think about what took place right after .

The line forms on the right .

Is it raining right now ?

And I still claim I was right the night I proposed .