right-hand

1 of 2

adjective

ˈrīt-ˌhand 

1

: situated on the right

2

: right-handed

3

: chiefly relied on

his right-hand man

right hand

2 of 2

noun

1

a

: the hand on a person's right side

b

: an indispensable person

2

a

: the right side

b

: a place of honor

Examples of right-hand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

For so long, Liverpool’s right-hand side has been their strength but with Salah out of form, that has not been the case this season. —Andy Jones, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

Former owner Claude Bronchu and David Samson, Loria's right-hand man with the Expos (and later the Florida Marlins), were left to sift through the rubble of the team's final years in Montreal. —Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025

Noun

Pickens needed only his right hand to complete the play with his body parallel to the ground. —Jon MacHota, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

Some of these coins feature a bishop holding a crozier in his right hand, as noted in the press release. —Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for right-hand

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

right-hand

adjective

ˈrīt-ˌhand

1

: located on the right

2

: right-handed sense 1

3

: relied on most of all

right-hand man

Medical Definition

right-hand

1 of 2 adjective

ˈrīt-ˌhand 

1

: situated on the right

2

: right-handed

right hand

2 of 2 noun

1

: the hand on a person's right side

2

: the right side