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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 York's 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 man, honest and true
correct, decorous, proper, seemly
high-minded, noble, principled
commendable, creditable, exemplary, legitimate
esteemed, law-abiding, 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 hasn't been right since he suffered serious brain injury in the accident.
crackbrained, cracked, crackpot, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, loony (also looney), nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky (also whacky)
aberrant, delirious, disordered
delusional, disturbed, neurotic, paranoid (also paranoidal), psychotic, schizoid, schizophrenic
eccentric, odd, oddball, off, strange
irrational, mixed-up, unreasonable
distracted, distraught, frantic, frenzied, hysterical (also hysteric), raving
- 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 we're having!
achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, 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, mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, real, really, roaring, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, 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.
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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