Synonyms of right

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noun (1)

1

as in privilege

something to which one has a just claim

everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• privilege
• prerogative
• birthright
• call
• due
• entitlement
• apanage
• pretence
• appanage
• pretense
• dibs
• pretension
• perquisite

2

as in claim

an entitlement to something

what right do you have to tell us what to do?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• claim
• title
• call
• refusal
• privilege
• pretence
• pretense
• prerogative
• dibs
• pretension
• birthright
• favor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• waiver
• release
• disclaimer
• quitclaim

3

as in justice

the practice of giving to others what is their due

activists who have fought all their lives for right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• justice
• equity
• goodness
• fair shake
• fairness
• virtue
• integrity
• impartiality
• equitableness
• equitability
• righteousness
• evenhandedness
• fair-mindedness
• honor
• uprightness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• injustice
• bias
• prejudice
• inequity
• partiality
• raw deal
• unfairness
• crime
• corruption
• wrongfulness
• harm
• offense
• offence
• wrongdoing
• impropriety
• one-sidedness
• unjustness
• disservice

right

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adjective

1

as in true

following an original exactly

a modern replica of an 18th-century British warship that is right in all of its details

Synonyms & Similar Words

• true
• accurate
• exact
• authentic
• careful
• precise
• faithful
• strict
• realistic
• real
• meticulous
• genuine
• authoritative
• conscientious
• veracious
• bona fide
• scrupulous
• lifelike
• punctilious
• veridical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• false
• loose
• corrupt
• inaccurate
• wrong
• unfaithful
• careless
• off
• slack
• imprecise
• erroneous
• inexact
• corrupted
• incorrect
• inauthentic
• invalid
• untrue
• unsound
• slovenly
• slipshod
• untruthful

2

as in real

being exactly as appears or as claimed

despite the name, New York's East River is a strait and not a right river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• true
• real
• honest
• genuine
• authentic
• original
• for real
• bona fide
• unmistakable
• actual
• certified
• historical
• certifiable
• sure-enough
• very
• legal
• pure
• legitimate
• identifiable
• lawful
• dinkum
• pucka
• correct
• pukka
• echt
• accurate
• proper
• unquestionable
• recognizable
• proven
• indisputable
• incontestable
• undeniable
• validated
• verifiable
• incontrovertible
• indubitable
• irrefutable
• undoubted
• veritable
• substantiated
• verified
• unadulterated
• unalloyed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• false
• unreal
• fake
• bogus
• artificial
• mock
• phony
• spurious
• sham
• unnatural
• phoney
• counterfeit
• supposititious
• pseudo
• imitation
• unauthentic
• synthetic
• simulated
• suppositious
• factitious
• manufactured
• misleading
• deceptive
• concocted
• fabricated
• man-made
• delusive
• delusory

3

as in correct

being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard

the obvious answer is not always the right one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correct
• accurate
• true
• good
• proper
• exact
• so
• precise
• logical
• dead-on
• valid
• perfect
• legitimate
• on the money
• spot-on
• bang on
• sound
• on-target
• veracious
• on target
• flawless
• impeccable
• infallible
• faultless
• rigorous
• strict
• letter-perfect
• stringent
• inerrant
• errorless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• off
• improper
• false
• incorrect
• inaccurate
• untrue
• defective
• imperfect
• inexact
• faulty
• flawed

4

as in deserved

being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong

trying to do what is right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deserved
• justified
• rightful
• legal
• proper
• appropriate
• due
• competent
• suitable
• just
• legitimate
• fair
• correct
• warranted
• condign
• merited
• meet
• fitting
• lawful
• applicable
• requisite
• apt
• strict
• fit
• equitable
• true
• accurate
• square
• impartial
• stringent
• uncompromising
• rhadamanthine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unfair
• unjust
• undue
• irrelevant
• unwarranted
• unjustified
• incorrect
• unreasonable
• improper
• inappropriate
• partial
• undeserved
• unsuitable
• unequal
• incoherent
• unjustifiable
• inapplicable
• indefensible
• arbitrary
• biased
• inequitable
• unmerited
• irrelative
• unlawful
• despotic
• inapposite
• inapt
• illegitimate

5

as in honorable

conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue

a right woman who did not hang around waterfront bars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honorable
• ethical
• true
• nice
• good
• honest
• moral
• decent
• straight
• just
• all right
• worthy
• correct
• upright
• righteous
• virtuous
• noble
• proper
• respected
• right-minded
• legitimate
• innocent
• pure
• exemplary
• principled
• decorous
• seemly
• clean
• commendable
• creditable
• reputable
• unobjectionable
• immaculate
• esteemed
• guiltless
• blameless
• unerring
• irreproachable
• spotless
• angelic
• scrupulous
• moralistic
• high-minded
• inoffensive
• incorruptible
• sanctimonious
• upstanding
• law-abiding
• uncorrupted
• lily-white
• incorrupted
• angelical
• rectitudinous
• menschy
• incorrupt
• self-righteous
• pharisaical
• goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• bad
• evil
• wicked
• immoral
• improper
• sinful
• incorrect
• unethical
• dishonest
• indecent
• dishonorable
• unseemly
• unrighteous
• naughty
• corrupt
• unbecoming
• perverted
• degenerate
• indecorous
• depraved
• unscrupulous
• base
• mean
• low
• dissolute
• unprincipled
• debased
• infamous
• debauched
• atrocious
• villainous
• objectionable
• vicious
• offensive
• vile
• libertine
• evil-minded
• blameworthy
• reprobate
• nefarious
• fallen
• iniquitous
• errant
• erring

6

as in linear

free from irregularities or digressions in course

the first city in America laid out with broad, right avenues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• linear
• direct
• straight
• straightforward
• straightaway
• unbent
• untwisted
• unswerving
• undeviating
• uncurled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rounded
• twisted
• twisting
• turning
• bowed
• turned
• warped
• curved
• winding
• curled
• spiral
• wavy
• curving
• bending
• kinked
• spiraling
• coiled
• swirled
• entwined
• twined
• looping
• looped
• curling
• veering
• coiling
• serpentine
• weaving
• crooked
• twining
• sinuous
• devious
• corkscrew
• spiralling
• zigzag
• meandering
• zigzagging

7

as in normal

having full use of one's mind and control over one's actions

he hasn't been right since he suffered serious brain injury in the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• normal
• rational
• stable
• reasonable
• lucid
• logical
• balanced
• sane
• healthy
• sensible
• compos mentis
• analytical
• clear
• wise
• clearheaded
• sound
• analytic
• coherent
• judicious
• levelheaded
• even-keeled
• well-balanced
• unneurotic
• well-adjusted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mental
• mad
• insane
• crazy
• unbalanced
• lunatic
• off
• nuts
• unsound
• crazed
• maniacal
• deranged
• demented
• maniac
• loony
• cracked
• nutty
• screwy
• loopy
• cuckoo
• wacky
• whacky
• strange
• delirious
• certifiable
• aberrant
• psychotic
• wacko
• balmy
• daft
• odd
• paranoid
• neurotic
• disturbed
• looney
• batty
• crackbrained
• disordered
• schizophrenic
• dotty
• daffy
• delusional
• eccentric
• unreasonable
• moonstruck
• foolish
• loco
• schizoid
• psycho
• cranky
• irrational
• crackpot
• paranoidal
• scatty
• paranoiac
• obsessive-compulsive
• queer
• oddball
• bughouse
• paranoic
• delusionary
• schizo
• whacko
• senseless
• brainsick
• fruity
• depressed
• nuclear
• meshugah
• witless
• gaga
• pixilated
• meshuga
• potty
• bananas
• hysterical
• schizzy
• distracted
• mixed-up
• meshugge
• meshuggah
• frantic
• ballistic
• distraught
• schizy
• despondent
• hysteric
• frenzied
• berserk
• raving
• pixillated
• ape
• obsessed
• fixated
• monomaniacal
• haywire
• monomaniac
• wigged-out
• amuck
• amok

8

as in appropriate

meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

the right tool for the job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appropriate
• suitable
• proper
• fitting
• fit
• good
• fitted
• happy
• pretty
• in order
• meet
• applicable
• adequate
• apt
• needed
• becoming
• acceptable
• balanced
• felicitous
• required
• deserved
• befitting
• able
• correct
• just
• satisfactory
• justified
• decent
• capable
• requisite
• rightful
• competent
• qualified
• decorous
• trained
• serviceable
• tolerable
• respectable
• condign
• kosher
• cut out
• consonant
• harmonious
• pitch-perfect
• congruous
• seemly
• companionate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• improper
• inappropriate
• unhappy
• unsuitable
• unfit
• inapplicable
• incongruous
• unseemly
• incapable
• indecent
• incompetent
• unbecoming
• unfitting
• inadequate
• inapposite
• inapt
• unqualified
• unacceptable
• unskilled
• untrained
• unsatisfactory
• intolerable
• inept
• infelicitous
• inexpert
• unapt
• unskillful
• unmeet
• unbeseeming
• incorrect
• misbecoming
• malapropos
• incompatible
• indecorous
• uncongenial
• graceless

right

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adverb

1

as in just

as stated or indicated without the slightest difference

stay right where you are

Synonyms & Similar Words

• just
• precisely
• exactly
• sharp
• squarely
• full
• due
• smack-dab
• on the nose
• on the button

2

as in straight

in a direct line or course

walk right over here now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• straight
• directly
• direct
• dead
• due
• as the crow flies
• straightway
• plumb
• plump

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indirectly
• circuitously
• deviously
• veeringly

3

as in very

to a great degree

a right beautiful day we're having!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• very
• damn
• extremely
• too
• damned
• terribly
• incredibly
• so
• badly
• far
• really
• that
• desperately
• highly
• seriously
• severely
• full
• real
• most
• much
• way
• jolly
• super
• wildly
• especially
• greatly
• absolutely
• heavily
• intensely
• such
• particularly
• fiercely
• mighty
• totally
• good and
• extra
• exceptionally
• completely
• awfully
• bone
• exceeding
• wicked
• passing
• awful
• specially
• sore
• vitally
• fantastically
• immensely
• dang
• fabulously
• roaring
• entirely
• cracking
• supremely
• uncommonly
• exceedingly
• almighty
• hugely
• utterly
• frightfully
• rattling
• a lot
• deadly
• whacking
• thoroughly
• thumping
• sorely
• ever
• remarkably
• corking
• enormously
• positively
• eminently
• mortally
• deeply
• spanking
• monstrous
• vastly
• mightily
• achingly
• beastly
• surpassingly
• wholly
• significantly
• archly
• majorly
• colossally
• filthy
• stinking
• fully
• roaringly
• as all get-out
• considerably
• blisteringly
• obviously
• substantially
• unco
• noticeably
• radically
• profoundly
• purely
• downright
• visibly
• flat-out
• altogether
• extensively
• notably
• markedly
• plainly
• palpably
• appreciably
• abundantly
• plentifully
• discernibly
• excessively
• amazingly
• obscenely
• monumentally
• astronomically
• overmuch
• astonishingly
• grandly
• staggeringly
• monstrously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• hardly
• barely
• scarcely
• marginally
• minimally
• scantily
• meagerly

4

as in immediately

without delay

we'll leave right after dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• immediately
• promptly
• now
• instantly
• directly
• away
• quickly
• right off
• right now
• shortly
• bang
• straightaway
• soon
• right away
• suddenly
• off the bat
• straight off
• instantaneously
• in no time
• at once
• forthwith
• on the spot
• on the double
• headlong
• incontinently
• straightway
• plumb
• presently
• freely
• pronto
• on a dime
• rapidly
• swiftly
• abruptly
• instanter
• PDQ
• quick
• momentarily
• fast
• readily
• briskly
• speedily
• unexpectedly
• swift
• hastily
• apace
• presto
• recklessly
• exactly
• impulsively
• rashly
• full tilt
• opportunely
• anon
• impetuously
• seasonably
• fleetly
• punctually
• posthaste
• snappily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowly
• late
• tardily

5

as in correctly

in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose

you're not dressed right for an interview with a big-time law firm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correctly
• properly
• appropriately
• happily
• rightly
• duly
• well
• suitably
• fittingly
• adequately
• acceptably
• congruously
• appositely
• meetly
• satisfactorily
• tolerably
• decently
• passably
• decorously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrongly
• incorrectly
• improperly
• inappropriately
• incongruously
• unfortunately
• unsuitably
• unacceptably
• unsatisfactorily
• unseemly
• inopportunely
• unseasonably
• irrelevantly
• awkwardly
• inaptly
• ungracefully
• inappositely

right

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verb (1)

as in to better

Synonyms & Similar Words

• better
• redress
• improve
• perfect
• shorten
• correct
• ameliorate
• cut
• revise
• rewrite
• blue-pencil
• remedy
• redraw
• rectify
• amend
• polish
• rework
• adjust
• change
• regulate
• repair
• reform
• alter
• modify
• redraft
• debug
• modulate
• restyle
• touch up
• red-pencil
• emend
• mend
• fix

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hurt
• harm
• impair
• damage
• injure
• spoil
• mar
• aggravate
• worsen

rights

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noun (2)

plural of right

1

as in privileges

something to which one has a just claim

everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• privileges
• prerogatives
• birthrights
• entitlements
• dues
• apanages
• appanages
• pretensions
• calls
• pretences
• perquisites
• pretenses
• dibs

2

as in claims

an entitlement to something

what right do you have to tell us what to do?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• claims
• titles
• privileges
• calls
• pretensions
• pretenses
• refusals
• prerogatives
• pretences
• dibs
• birthrights
• favors

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• waivers
• releases
• disclaimers
• quitclaims

rights

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of right

as in redresses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• redresses
• improves
• betters
• remedies
• shortens
• reforms
• blue-pencils
• rewrites
• ameliorates
• cuts
• reworks
• repairs
• polishes
• perfects
• revises
• redraws
• amends
• changes
• redrafts
• restyles
• corrects
• emends
• rectifies
• regulates
• red-pencils
• adjusts
• alters
• modulates
• touches up
• modifies
• debugs
• fixes
• mends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• damages
• hurts
• impairs
• harms
• injures
• spoils
• mars
• aggravates
• worsens

Phrases Containing right

• all right
• right away
• right now
• right off