right
- noun
- /raɪt/
- Well, at least you have the right to ask.
- human rights
- civil rights
- property rights
You don't have the right to tell me.
- You don't have the right to tell me.
- They do not have a right to be released.
- In doing so, are we permitted to transgress the rights of others?
- The majority of us vote to give people more rights, not less rights.
- And people saying it's just like the fight for gay rights nonsense.
- Now, when a violation of rights occurs, what takes place?
- Women simply don't have the right to their safe spaces anymore.
- The league just sells the TV rights, which causes a cartel.
Examples
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You have as much right to be a knight as any man.
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They do not have a right to be released.
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These people have a right to be upset with you.
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You got no right to go looking in my car.
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It's my life and I have the right to live it as I choose!
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You have the right to remain silent.
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Okata has the right to sell the meat.
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A lady's got a right to protect herself.
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And they've got a right to the facts.
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Everyone deserves the right to express their opinions freely.
Synonyms
A right under law or contract to get money
Something a person can do or have because the law allows it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A punishment that someone deserves because of their own wrong actions
- Jargon
A place to the right of the stage where actors wait out of view of the audience
Compounds
- Formal
A right that a country's most important law gives and protects, for example free speech
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
- Formal
Freedom from other people entering your personal life without permission
- Formal
A right for someone accused of a crime to have a lawyer, including a free one if they cannot pay
- Literature
A political group in the United States that wants laws to follow conservative religious beliefs
A player who plays on the right side of the outfield and catches balls hit there
- Specialized
Part of the brain that controls the left side of the body and helps with creativity and understanding space
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
- Formal
A right under the law to be left alone and not have personal matters made public
A very large whale with baleen that lives in cold coastal waters and is endangered
- Specialized
An object's eastward angle along the sky's equator used to find its position, shown in hours
- Specialized
The half of the brain on the right that controls the left side and helps with visual and creative thinking
- Specialized
The top right part of the heart that receives blood without oxygen from the body
- Specialized
The lower part of the heart on the right that pumps blood to the lungs
- Specialized
A legal right that lets an inventor stop others from making, using, or selling an invention for a set time
A baseball player who throws the ball to the batter with their right hand
- Formal
A legal and moral claim to be free from unfair arrest and official control
A political idea that kings get their power from God and are not controlled by their people
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood to the right side of the heart
- Formal
A married person's legal claim to live with and be close to their partner
A person with very strict traditional political views who strongly opposes social change
Permission for a prisoner to have private visits with their spouse for sex
- Literature
A country or organization that strongly supports democracy and freedom worldwide
- Specialized
A valve with three flaps between the right upper and lower chambers of the heart that stops blood flowing backward
- Formal
A choice a surviving spouse makes to take either what the will gives or the legal share of the estate
- Formal
The only right to be the first to make a work public and sell it
How Protected
Surface Forms
Etymology
Right meaning a legal or moral claim comes from old English riht meaning 'law' or 'justice', so a 'right' is something you are allowed to have or do under the law or by fairness.