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right
Synonyms and Antonyms of right
- a modern replica of an 18th-century British warship that is right in all of its details
- despite the name, New Yorkʼs East River is a strait and not a right river
for real
bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, mock, phony (also phoney), pseudo, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious, unauthentic, unreal
- the obvious answer is not always the right one
on target, on the money
- trying to do what is right
- a right woman who did not hang around waterfront bars
correct, decorous, proper, seemly
high-minded, noble, principled
commendable, creditable, exemplary, legitimate
esteemed, law-abiding, menschy, reputable, respected, upstanding, worthy
blameless, clean, guiltless, immaculate, incorrupt (also incorrupted), incorruptible, innocent, inoffensive, irreproachable, unobjectionable
angelic (or angelical), lily-white, pure, scrupulous, spotless, uncorrupted, unerring
goody-goody, moralistic, pharisaical, rectitudinous, sanctimonious, self-righteous
bad, black, dishonest, dishonorable, evil, evil-minded, immoral, indecent, sinful, unethical, unrighteous, wicked, wrong
- the first city in America laid out with broad, right avenues
- he hasnʼt been right since he suffered serious brain injury in the accident
balmy, bananas, batty, bughouse [slang], certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crackpot, cranky [dialect], cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, fruity [slang], gaga, loco [slang], loony (also looney), loopy, meshuga (or meshugge), moonstruck, nuts, nutty, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky)
aberrant, delirious, disordered
delusional, delusionary, disturbed, neurotic, obsessive-compulsive, paranoiac (also paranoic), paranoid (also paranoidal), psycho, psychotic, schizo, schizoid, schizophrenic, schizy (or schizzy)
eccentric, odd, oddball, off, pixilated (also pixillated), potty [chiefly British], queer, strange
irrational, mixed-up, unreasonable
distracted, distraught, frantic, frenzied, haywire, hysterical (also hysteric), raving, wigged-out
- the right tool for the job
applicable, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, good, happy, meet, pretty, proper, suitable
in order
Synonym Discussion of right
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- correct answers
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- socially correct dress
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- an accurate description
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- exact measurements
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- precise calibration
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- makes nice distinctions
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- the right thing to do
right
Synonyms and Antonyms of right
- walk right over here now
as the crow flies
- a right beautiful day weʼre having!
achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, very, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, flat-out, fully, positively, purely, radically, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly
exceptionally, notably, remarkably
considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially
appreciably, discernibly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, plainly, visibly
astronomically, grandly, monstrously, monumentally
a lot, as all get-out, good and
- we'll leave right after dinner
at once, in no time, off the bat, on a dime, on the double, on the spot
- you're not dressed right for an interview with a big-time law firm
right
Synonyms and Antonyms of right
- everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
appanage (also apanage), birthright, prerogative
call, dibs, due, entitlement, perquisite, pretense (or pretence), pretension, privilege
- what right do you have to tell us what to do?
- activists who have fought all their lives for right
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