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Adjective right has 13 senses

correct, right - free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
Antonyms: incorrect, wrong, erroneous, inaccurate, fallacious, false, mistaken
right - being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
Antonyms: left, left-hand, near, nigh, port, larboard, leftmost
correct, right - socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
Antonym: improper (indirect, via proper)
right - in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"
Antonyms: wrong, condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, base, dishonorable, dishonourable, immoral, unethical, misguided, mistaken
right, correct - correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
Antonyms: wrong, wrongheaded
proper, right, suitable - appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"
Antonym: inappropriate (indirect, via appropriate)
right - of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
Antonyms: left, far left, leftish, leftist, left-of-center, left-wing, liberal, center, centrist, middle-of-the-road
right - in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"
Antonym: unsatisfactory (indirect, via satisfactory)
right, right-hand - intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove"
Antonym: left-handed (indirect, via ambidextrous, right-handed)
Antonyms: ambidextrous, two-handed (indirect, via right-handed, left-handed)
correct, right - in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
Antonym: improper (indirect, via proper)
right - having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"
Antonym: oblique (indirect, via parallel, perpendicular)
Antonym: parallel (indirect, via perpendicular, oblique)
right - of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
Antonym: inside (indirect, via outside)
good, right, ripe - most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
Antonym: inopportune (indirect, via opportune)

Adverbial right has 10 senses

right - precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
right - immediately; "she called right after dinner"
right, flop - exactly; "he fell flop on his face"
right - toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"
Antonyms: left
properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way - in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
right, right on - an interjection expressing agreement
right - completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"
mighty, powerful, right - (Southern regional intensive) very; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"
justly, right - in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him"
correctly, right, aright - in a correct manner; "he guessed right"
Antonyms: incorrectly, wrongly, wrong
Derived from adjective right₁

Noun right has 8 senses

right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
--₁ is a kind of abstraction, abstract
--₁ has particulars:

Derived form: verb right₁

right - (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
--₂ is a kind of interest, stake

Derived form: verb right₁
right - location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right"
--₃ is a kind of position, place
Antonyms: left
--₃ has particulars: stage right, right stage
right - a turn to the right; "take a right at the corner"
--₄ is a kind of turn, turning
right, right wing - those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
--₅ is a kind of faction, sect
--₅ has particulars: religious right; hard right
right, rightfulness - anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
--₆ is a kind of justice, justness
Antonyms: wrong, wrongfulness
right, right hand - the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"
--₇ is a kind of hand, manus, mitt, paw
right field, right - the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
--₈ is a kind of tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
--₈ is a part of outfield

Verb right has 4 senses

right, compensate, redress, correct - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
--₁ is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: wrong

Derived forms: noun right₂, noun right₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
right - put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
--₂ is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
right - regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
--₃ is one way to change posture
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
correct, rectify, right - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
--₄ is one way to change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something