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| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, correct |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, balance, debug*, doctor*, emend, fix up, go straight, launder, mend, overhaul, patch, pick up, recompense, reconstruct, rectify, redress, repair, restore, reward, scrub, settle, square, straighten, vindicate, clean up, compensate for, dial back, do justice, fiddle with, make up for, put in place, put right, recalibrate, recondition, set straight, set upright, shape up, sort out, straighten out, turn around |
| Notes: | right means free from error or correct in opinion or judgment; a wright is someone who makes, builds, or repairs something |
| Antonyms: | break, upset, wrong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, just |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, conscientious, deserved, due, equitable, ethical, fitting, good, honest, honorable, justifiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, merited, moral, proper, requisite, righteous, rightful, scrupulous, suitable, true, upright, virtuous, condign, stand-up |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, immoral, inequitable, unfair, unjust, wrong |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | accurately, precisely |
| Synonyms: | absolutely, altogether, bang*, clear, completely, correctly, entirely, exactly, fully, just, perfectly, quite, sharp, slap, square, squarely, thoroughly, totally, truly, utterly, well, wholly, all the way, factually, genuinely, smack-dab |
| Antonyms: | inaccurately, incorrectly, wrongly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privilege |
| Synonyms: | advantage, appanage, authority, benefit, birthright, business, claim, comeuppance, desert, deserving, due, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, immunity, interest, liberty, license, merit, permission, perquisite, power, preference, prerogative, priority, title |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, precise |
| Synonyms: | absolute, admissible, amen, authentic, bona fide, complete, correct, exact, factual, faithful, genuine, immaculate, indubitable, infallible, just, nice, on the nose*, out-and-out*, perfect, proper, punctilious, real, righteous, rigorous, satisfactory, solemn, sound, strict, sure, thoroughgoing, true, undoubted, unerring, utter, valid, veracious, veritable, free of error, inerrant, on the money, right as rain, right on, undistorted, unmistaken, veridical, watertight |
| Antonyms: | inaccurate, inadmissible, wrong, imprecise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | appropriately, suitably |
| Synonyms: | adequately, amply, properly, satisfactorily, well, acceptably, aptly, becomingly, befittingly, fittingly |
| Antonyms: | wrongly, inappropriately, unsuitably |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice, morality |
| Synonyms: | correctness, emancipation, equity, freedom, good, goodness, honor, independence, integrity, legality, liberty, propriety, reason, rectitude, righteousness, straight, truth, uprightness, virtue, enfranchisement, lawfulness, properness, rightness |
| Antonyms: | corruption, injustice, wrong, immorality, unfairness, unjustness |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, fitting |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, adequate, advantageous, all right, becoming, befitting, comely, common, convenient, correct, decent, decorous, deserved, desirable, done*, due, favorable, felicitous, fit, good, happy, ideal, merited, nice, opportune, proper, propitious, requisite, rightful, satisfactory, seemly, sufficient, suitable, tolerable, comme il faut, condign |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuited, wrong, unfitting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | fairly, justly |
| Synonyms: | evenly, honestly, honorably, morally, objectively, properly, reliably, sincerely, squarely, conscientiously, decently, dispassionately, equitably, ethically, impartially, lawfully, legitimately, righteously, virtuously, without bias, without prejudice |
| Antonyms: | unfairly, unjustly, wrongly |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sane, healthy |
| Synonyms: | balanced, circumspect, discerning, discreet, enlightened, far-sighted, fine, fit, hale, judicious, lucid, normal, penetrating, rational, reasonable, sound, unimpaired, well, wise, all there, compos mentis, in good health, in the pink, up to par |
| Antonyms: | insane, mad, unfit, unhealthy |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | beneficially |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, exceedingly, extremely, favorably, fortunately, highly, notably, perfectly, very, well, for the better, remarkably, to advantage |
| Antonyms: | unfairly |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conservative politically |
| Synonyms: | die-hard*, orthodox, reactionary, right wing, old-line, traditionalistic |
| Antonyms: | left |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | directly, without delay |
| Synonyms: | away, direct, due, first off, forthwith, immediately, instantly, now, promptly, quickly, right away, straight, at once, instanter, straight away, straightly, undeviatingly |
| Antonyms: | indirectly |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposite of left |
| Synonyms: | clockwise, dexter, dextral, right-handed |
| Antonyms: | left |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness; summum jus., justice, equity; equitableness; propriety; fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis., Astraea, Nemesis, Themis., scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma; suum cuique; clear stage, fair field and no favor., morals (duty) [more]; law [more]; honor (probity) [more]; virtue [more].
-verbs
be right; stand to reason., see justice done, see one righted, see fair play; do justice to; recompense (reward) [more]; bold the scales even, give and take; serve one right, put the saddle on the right horse; give every one his due, give the devil his due; audire alteram partem., deserve (be entitled to) [more].
-adjectives
-adverbs
rightly; au-bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason., without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons; upon even terms.
-phrases
Dieu et mon droit; "in equal scale weighing delight and dole" [Hamlet]; justitia cuum cuique distribuit [Cicero]; justititiae soror incorrupta fides; justitia virtutem
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| Antonyms: | wrong |
| Main Entry: | admissible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able or deserving of consideration; allowable |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, applicable, appropriate, fair, fitting, just, justifiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, likely, logical, okay, passable, permissible, permitted, pertinent, possible, probable, proper, rational, reasonable, relevant, right, suitable, tolerable, warranted, worthy, allowed, concedable, not impossible, not unlikely, tolerated |
| Antonyms: | illegitimate, inadmissible, inapplicable, irrelevant, unfair, unjust, unsuitable, wrong |
| Main Entry: | amend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, correct |
| Synonyms: | alter, ameliorate, better, change, elevate, enhance, fix, help, lift, make up for, mend, modify, pay one's dues, raise, rectify, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, square* |
| Antonyms: | blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | affable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, charming, cheerful, complaisant, cool*, cordial, cozy, delightful, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, kind, kindly, lenient, lovable, mellow, mild, obliging, palsy-walsy*, pleasant, pleasing, princely*, responsive, right, righteous, sociable, swell*, tight*, warm, warmhearted, winning, buddy-buddy*, clubby, copacetic, downright neighborly, home cooking, pussycat, sweet-tempered |
| Antonyms: | crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, mean, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable |
| Synonyms: | adapted, applicable, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, belonging, congruous, convenient, correct, deserved, due, felicitous, fit, fitting, germane, good, just, on the nose*, opportune, pertinent, proper, relevant, right, rightful, seemly, tailor-made, true, useful, well-timed, appurtenant, desired, on the button, well-suited |
| Antonyms: | improper, unbecoming, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, unfitting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apropos |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relevant, suitable |
| Synonyms: | applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, befitting, belonging, correct, fit, fitting, germane, kosher*, material, on the nose*, opportune, pertinent, proper, related, right, seemly, legit, on the button, right on |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, irrelevant, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
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