right-minded

adjective

ˈrīt-ˈmīn-dəd How to pronounce right-minded (audio)
Definition of right-mindednext
as in honorable
conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue a group of right-minded people working for social change

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Recent Examples of right-minded His actions in Gaza have been horrendous and any right-minded person should support his arrest. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026 Dehumanizing over billions of people, including millions of American citizens and legal residents, is wrong and should be denounced by any right-minded person. — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026 Any right-minded Floridian would be upset, but Mendoza easily found that the group had more than emotion on its side. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025 That’s because most right-minded and empathetic Americans would never oppose that. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 June 2025 There was a far greater furore around this split-second error, which any right-minded person should recognise had nothing to do with age or experience, than on Aston Villa failing to beat the worst Manchester United side in living memory. — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 No right-minded hospital leader wants to see AI models causing mischief. — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 Dom is a Wycombe Wanderers fan, middle class, educated to degree level and a likeable, right-minded fellow. — Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024 Eliza is a right-minded progressive who was active in the abolitionist movement in the 1830s. — Adam Kirsch, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-minded
  1. honorable
  2. ethical
  3. honest
  4. true
  5. nice
  6. good
  7. moral
  8. decent
Adjective
  • Too bad that New York’s LG Delgado didn’t take the same honorable path and walk away.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • While some might argue that Murphy is an antihero, Hawke viewed him as an honorable man.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of honorable
Adjective
  • The Science and Technology in Society Forum is intended as a venue for leaders to discuss how to maximize the benefits of science and address ethical and safety issues.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Warsh promised to be an independent leader, with high ethical standards, whom markets and the public could trust.
    — Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of ethical
Adjective
  • Ask each business owner to absorb the run-rate at renewal, and the honest answer arrives faster than any dashboard.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Each episode, the brutally honest Ramsay comes in to help the struggling restaurant fix its problems or its negative image, and in turn the restaurants get publicity from being on a national television show.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of honest
Adjective
  • The court has already said that second half is Congress’ job, and the usual objection — that nobody could tell the difference — is about to stop being true.
    — John Mildenberger, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But back then, Carla was worth significantly more than Morgan; now, the inverse is true.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of true
Adjective
  • The woman and her children lived in the nice part of the house and the foster girls — three to five at a time — ate dinner separately in the basement.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In an era where millions of recipes are made for content consumption as much as actual consumption, traveling back in time for someone’s beloved 1970 banana bread recipe sounds pretty nice.
    — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of nice
Adjective
  • As ever, the lineup is a mix of new features from Asia’s best auteurs, a sprinkling of Hollywood movies and projects from up-and-coming filmmakers.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026
  • It’s been a mixed bag of depressing and good; in the latter category is that my skin has never been better.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of good
Adjective
  • Her most effective characters are children or young adults, people who may credibly experience a simplistic moral awakening.
    — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Sutskever is the moral center of the film and grows increasingly uncomfortable as Altman forges ahead with complicated AI models that have learned how to lie, willfully ignoring risks.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of moral
Adjective
  • This, the perfectly decent people of Kettleborough reasoned, was a natural and godly rebuke for Susan and Cuthbert’s sin.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • With fast charging capability, 60 hours of playback time, and a foldable design, the Q20i also offers high resolution sound, and very decent ANC performance.
    — Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of decent

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“Right-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right-minded. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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