RIGHTNESS Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

rightness

noun

Definition of rightness

as in morality

conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong she seems to confuse rightness with self-righteousness

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as in appropriateness

the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting the irrefutable rightness of the criticism didn't make it any more pleasant to hear

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Recent Examples of rightness Cool Machine is definitive not only for its sweep but also for the rightness, the evocative precision, of the details that fill its paragraphs like the mystery mix inside the skin of a Gray’s Papaya hot dog. — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 If the Sun is high in the lunar sky during the flyby, there will be few shadows, and the crew will be looking for subtle variations in surface color and rightness. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026 This sense of rightness — imperfect, but clarifying — is what gout offers as diagnosis. — Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026 Your rightness would earn you a compressed, airless, spiky situation, like the one your parents had. — Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026 The absolute rightness of being together. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026 By war’s end he was not only convinced of the moral rightness of Black suffrage and civil rights, but of their essential necessity and urgency. — Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 The effectiveness has all to do with capturing a sense of longing and making audiences believe in the rightness of these two people together. — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rightness

Noun

This perception of threat, intertwined with a harsh interpretation of religious morality, dominated 17th-century life, with the optimistic, protective and compassionate aspects of Christianity often overpowered by fear and a desire to judge.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Andie is a creature of pure ambition and nearly blank morality, a sweatshirt-wearing, 2000s-era daughter of Lady Macbeth and Faye Dunaway in Network, though Wever purposefully didn’t revisit that film to keep her own performance distinct.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of morality

Noun

But she’s been persuaded about the appropriateness of projects approved so far.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
But if that lens doesn’t include cultural intelligence, cultural appropriateness or a prompt to consider how different types of consumers could receive the campaign, those factors may never be evaluated.

— Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of appropriateness

Noun

The analyst then used the AI to formalize its conclusions into a conventional military intelligence report without double- or triple-checking the validity of its conclusions.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
On September 25, the blue state AGs have to respond to a motion from red state Iowa and Montana to take the validity of the antitrust suit to the Supreme Court.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of validity

Noun

Though there are multiple interpretations of sharia, its essence is to serve as a code for how Muslims should live and worship — covering such matters as prayer, pilgrimages, fasting, charitable donations and personal virtue.

— David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Baek Ki-hyeon aspired to walk a path of virtue and provide for their sister through honest means — but his calculating spymaster big brother was never going to let them out of his grasp.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of virtue

Noun

Taylor’s success on its own isn’t enough to redeem this season for the Sky, who haven’t made the playoffs since 2023 and whose relevance slips further with each loss and each draft pick that fails to hit.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
The 90-year-old leader’s popularity at home and relevance abroad have both waned.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of relevance

Noun

Responding with curiosity instead of immediate defensiveness teaches people that honesty is useful rather than dangerous.

— Kristina Aran, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Thrown together with him again, Billie has to confront the honesty and the deception that brought their relationship to an end.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of honesty

Noun

It’s since maintained its cultural relevancy, with the artist performing it as part of her DIY pop-up sets, staged from the back of a U-Haul truck.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Since his appointment as creative director of Diesel in 2020, Martens has injected fresh energy and catapulted the brand back on the hype radar, relaunching the pop culture relevancy of the denim label founded by Renzo Rosso in 1978.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026