Right

right
adjective1being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "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"[ant: left]2free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"[syn: correct][ant: incorrect]3socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"[syn: correct]4in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"[ant: wrong]5correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"[ant: wrong]6appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"[syn: proper]7of or belonging to the political or intellectual right[ant: left, center]8in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"9intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove"10in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"[syn: correct]11having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"12(of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"13most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"[syn: good]14precisely accurate; "a veracious account"[syn: veracious]
adverb1precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"2immediately; "she called right after dinner"3exactly; "he fell flop on his face"4toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"[ant: left]5in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"[syn: properly][ant: improperly]6an interjection expressing agreement7completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"8(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily"[syn: mighty]9in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him"[syn: justly]10in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right"[syn: correctly][ant: incorrectly]
noun1an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"2location near or direction toward the right side; ie the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right"[ant: left]3the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right[syn: right field]4those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged5the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"6a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner"7anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"[ant: wrong]8(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
verb1make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"[ant: wrong]2put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"3regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"4make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"[syn: correct][ant: falsify]